Multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins and methods of use thereof

ABSTRACT

Provided herein are multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins, nucleic acids encoding such immunomodulatory proteins, cells engineered to express the immunomodulatory proteins and infectious agents containing nucleic acid encoding the immunomodulatory proteins. The immunomodulatory proteins bind both an inhibitory receptor and a receptor involved in activation signaling cascades in an immune cell, such as a T cell. The immunomodulatory proteins, engineered cells and infectious agents provide therapeutic utility for a variety of immunological diseases or conditions. Compositions and methods for making and using such proteins are provided.

This application claims priority from U.S. provisional patentapplication No. 62/613,378, filed Jan. 3, 2018, entitled “Multi-domainImmunomodulatory Proteins and Methods of Use Thereof,” and to U.S.provisional application No. 67/733,622, filed Sep. 19, 2018, entitled“Multi-domain Immunomodulatory Proteins and Methods of Use Thereof,” thecontents of each of which are incorporated by reference in theirentirety.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF SEQUENCE LISTING

The present application is being filed along with a Sequence Listing inelectronic format. The Sequence Listing is provided as a file entitled761612000740SeqList.TXT, created Jan. 3, 2019, which is 5,783 kilobytesin size. The information in the electronic format of the SequenceListing is incorporated by reference in its entirety.

FIELD

The present disclosure provides multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins,nucleic acids encoding such immunomodulatory proteins, cells engineeredto express the immunomodulatory proteins and infectious agentscontaining nucleic acid encoding the immunomodulatory proteins. Theimmunomodulatory proteins bind both an inhibitory receptor and areceptor involved in activation signaling cascades in an immune cell,such as a T cell. The immunomodulatory proteins, engineered cells andinfectious agents provide therapeutic utility for a variety ofimmunological diseases or conditions. Compositions and methods formaking and using such proteins are provided.

BACKGROUND

Modulation of the immune response by intervening in the processes thatoccur in the immunological synapse (IS) formed by and betweenantigen-presenting cells (APCs) or target cells and lymphocytes is ofincreasing medical interest. Currently, biologics used to enhance orsuppress immune responses have generally been limited to immunoglobulins(e.g., anti-PD-1 antibodies) or soluble receptors against a single cellsurface molecule (e.g., Fc-CTLA4). Improved therapeutic agents that canmodulate the IS are needed. Provided are embodiments that meet suchneeds.

SUMMARY

Provided are immunomodulatory proteins containing at least oneinhibitory receptor binding molecule (IRBM) that binds to an inhibitoryreceptor; and at least one activating receptor binding molecule (ARBM)that binds to (i) an activating receptor (ii) a ligand of the activatingreceptor, wherein the inhibitory receptor and the activating receptorare expressed on the same immune cell; the IRBM and ARBM are differentpolypeptides in which (a) one of the at least one of the IRBM or ARBM isa not an antibody or an antigen-binding antibody fragment; and/or (b)the at least one of the IRBM or the at least one of the ARBM contains anon-antibody immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) domain; and the IRBMexhibits higher binding activity, optionally higher binding affinity,for the inhibitory receptor than the ARBM exhibits for the activatingreceptor or a ligand of the activating receptor.

Provided are immunomodulatory proteins containing at least oneinhibitory receptor binding molecule (IRBM) that binds to an inhibitoryreceptor; and at least one activating receptor binding molecule (ARBM)that binds to (i) an activating receptor or (ii) a ligand of anactivating receptor, wherein the inhibitory receptor and the activatingreceptor are expressed on the same immune cell; the IRBM and ARBM aredifferent polypeptides in which (a) one of the at least one of the IRBMor ARBM is a not an antibody or an antigen-binding antibody fragment;and/or (b) the at least one of the IRBM or the at least one of the ARBMcontains a non-antibody immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) domain; andthe immunomodulatory protein is a monomeric polypeptide and/or containsa single polypeptide chain.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM binds to a ligandof an activating receptor. In some examples, the ligand of an activatingreceptor is CD80, CD86, ICOSL or an MHC molecule. In some embodiments,the ARBM binds to an activating receptor.

Provided are immunomodulatory proteins containing at least oneinhibitory receptor binding molecule (IRBM) that binds to an inhibitoryreceptor; and at least one activating receptor binding molecule (ARBM)that binds to an activating receptor, wherein the inhibitory receptorand the activating receptor are expressed on the same immune cell; andthe IRBM and ARBM are different polypeptides in which (a) one of the atleast one of the IRBM or ARBM is a not an antibody or an antigen-bindingantibody fragment; and/or (b) the at least one of the IRBM or the atleast one of the ARBM contains a non-antibody immunoglobulin superfamily(IgSF) domain. In some of any such embodiments, the immune cell is a Tcell.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the activating receptorcontains an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) orinteracts with an adaptor protein comprising a binding domain specificto a phosphotyrosine residue. In some embodiments, the activatingreceptor is selected from a TCR, CD3, CD4, CD8, CD28, ICOS or CD2. Insome embodiments, the activating receptor is CD28. In some embodiments,the activating receptor is CD2.

Provided are immunomodulatory proteins containing at least oneinhibitory receptor binding molecule (IRBM) that binds to an inhibitoryreceptor, wherein the inhibitory receptor is PD-1 and at least oneactivating receptor binding molecule (ARBM) that binds to an activatingreceptor or to a ligand of the activating receptor, wherein the IRBM andARBM are different polypeptides. Provided are immunomodulatory proteinscontaining at least one inhibitory receptor binding molecule (IRBM) thatbinds to an inhibitory receptor, wherein the inhibitory receptor isTIGIT and at least one activating receptor binding molecule (ARBM) thatbinds to an activating receptor or to a ligand of the activatingreceptor, wherein the IRBM and ARBM are different polypeptides. In someof any such embodiments, the activating receptor contains animmunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) or interacts withan adaptor protein comprising a binding domain specific to aphosphotyrosine residue. In some embodiments, the activating receptor isselected from a TCR, CD3, CD4, CD8, CD28, ICOS or CD2. In some examples,the activating receptor is CD28. In some embodiments, the activatingreceptor is CD2.

Provided are immunomodulatory proteins comprising at least oneinhibitory receptor binding molecule (IRBM) that binds to an inhibitoryreceptor; and at least one activating receptor binding molecule (ARBM)that binds to an activating receptor or to a ligand of the activatingreceptor, wherein the activating receptor is CD28, wherein the IRBM andARBM are different polypeptides.

Provided are immunomodulatory proteins comprising at least oneinhibitory receptor binding molecule (IRBM) that binds to an inhibitoryreceptor; and at least one activating receptor binding molecule (ARBM)that binds to an activating receptor or to a ligand of the activatingreceptor, wherein the activating receptor is CD2, wherein the IRBM andARBM are different polypeptides.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the inhibitory receptor andthe activating receptor are expressed on the same immune cell. In someembodiments, the immune cell is a T cell.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, one of the at least one ofthe IRBM or ARBM is a not an antibody or an antigen-binding antibodyfragment; and/or the at least one of the IRBM or the at least one of theARBM contains a non-antibody immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) domain.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the IRBM exhibits higherbinding activity, optionally higher binding affinity, for the inhibitoryreceptor than the ARBM exhibits for the activating receptor or a ligandof the activating receptor. In some embodiments, the IRBM exhibits1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2.0-fold, 2.5-fold, 3.0-fold, 4.0-fold, 5.0-fold,6.0-fold, 7.0-fold, 8.0-fold, 9.0-fold, 10.0 fold or higher bindingactivity, optionally higher binding affinity, for the inhibitoryreceptor than the ARBM exhibits for the activating receptor or a ligandof the activating receptor.

In some of any such embodiments, the at least one of the IRBM and the atleast one of the ARBM is not an antibody or an antigen-binding antibodyfragment. In some embodiments, the at least one of the IRBM or the atleast one of the ARBM contains a non-antibody immunoglobulin superfamily(IgSF) domain. In some embodiments, the at least one of the IRBM and theat least one of the ARBM each individually contains at least onenon-antibody IgSF domain.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM binds to a ligandof the activating receptor and the ligand of the activating receptor isCD80 or CD86. In some embodiments, the ARBM is an antibody thatspecifically binds to the ligand of an activating receptor or is anantigen-binding antibody fragment. In some embodiments, the ARBMcontains at least one IgSF domain of a binding partner of the ligand ofthe activating receptor. In some such embodiments, the binding partnerof a ligand of an activating receptor is a wild-type CTLA-4 or is avariant thereof that binds to the ligand of the activating receptor,optionally wherein the ligand is CD80 or CD86. In some cases, thewild-type protein is a human protein. In some embodiments, the ARBM isnot the full-length sequence of the binding partner; and/or the ARBMonly contains the extracellular domain or an IgSF domain or specificbinding fragment thereof of the binding partner. In some embodiments,the IgSF domain is an IgV domain. In some of any such embodiments, thebinding partner of the ligand of an activating receptor is a CTLA-4polypeptide or a variant thereof and the ARBM contains (i) the sequenceof amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 36, 2655 or 2947, (ii) a sequenceof amino acids that has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 36,2655 2947; or (iii) a specific binding fragment of (i) or (ii). In someembodiments, the binding partner is a variant of a CTLA-4 polypeptideand the variant exhibits increased binding activity, optionally bindingaffinity, to the ligand of the activating receptor compared to thebinding of unmodified or wild-type binding partner to the same ligand.In some cases, the binding activity, optionally binding affinity, to theligand of the activating receptor is increased more than 1.2-fold,1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold,9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold, 40-fold, 50-fold or 60-fold.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM is an antibody thatspecifically binds to the activating receptor or is an antigen-bindingantibody fragment.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM contains at leastone IgSF domain of a binding partner of the activating receptor. In someof any such embodiments, the ARBM is not the full-length sequence of thebinding partner; and/or the ARBM only contains the extracellular domainor at least one IgSF domain or specific binding fragment thereof of thebinding partner. In some embodiments, the IgSF domain is an IgV domainor an IgC domain. In some aspects, the at least one IgSF domain containsan IgV domain or specific binding fragment thereof, an IgC domain or aspecific binding fragment thereof, or both. In some embodiments, the atleast one IgSF domain consists of an IgV domain or specific bindingfragment thereof, an IgC domain or a specific binding fragment thereof,or both.

In some embodiments, the activating receptor is CD28. In someembodiments, the binding partner of the activating receptor is selectedfrom a wild-type ICOSL, CD80 or CD86 or is a variant thereof that bindsto the activating receptor. In some cases, the wild-type protein is ahuman protein. In some of any such embodiments, the binding partner ofthe activating receptor is a ICOSL polypeptide or a variant thereof andthe ARBM contains (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ IDNO:32, 2056, or 2244, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 32, 2056, or 2244; or (iii) aspecific binding fragment of (i) or (ii). In some of any suchembodiments, the activating receptor is CD28 and the binding partner ofthe activating receptor is a CD80 polypeptide or a variant thereof andthe ARBM includes (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ IDNO: 28, 1005, 1079, 2615, 2654, or 3580, (ii) a sequence of amino acidsthat has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:28, 1005, 1079,2615, 2654, or 3580; or (iii) a specific binding fragment of (i) or(ii). In some of any such embodiments, the binding partner of theactivating receptor is a CD86 polypeptide or a variant thereof and theARBM includes (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 29or 1195, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%, 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequenceidentity to SEQ ID NO:29 or 1195; or (iii) a specific binding fragmentof (i) or (ii).

In some embodiments, the activating receptor is CD2. In someembodiments, the binding partner of the activating receptor is CD58 oris a variant thereof that binds to the activating receptor. In somecases, the wild-type protein is a human protein. In some of any suchembodiments, the binding partner of the activating receptor is a CD58polypeptide or a variant thereof and the ARBM includes (i) the sequenceof amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2946, 3239 or 3650, (ii) asequence of amino acids that has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%,91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to SEQID NO:2946, 3239 or 3650; or (iii) a specific binding fragment of (i) or(ii).

In some of any such embodiments, the binding partner is a variant of theactivating receptor and the variant exhibits increased binding activity,optionally binding affinity, to the activating receptor compared to thebinding of unmodified or wild-type binding partner to the sameactivating receptor. In some examples, the binding activity, optionallybinding affinity, to the activating receptor is increased more than1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold,8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold, 40-fold, 50-fold or 60-fold.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the inhibitory receptorincludes an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM). Insome embodiments, the inhibitory receptor is PD-1, TIGIT or CTLA-4. Insome embodiments, the IRBM is an antibody that specifically binds to theinhibitory receptor or is an antigen-binding antibody fragment. In someembodiments, the IRBM contains at least one IgSF domain of a bindingpartner of the inhibitory receptor. In some examples, the bindingpartner of the inhibitory receptor is selected from a wild-type CD112,CD155, PD-L1 or PD-L2 or is a variant thereof that binds to theinhibitory receptor. In some instances, the wild-type protein is a humanprotein.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is not the full-length sequence of thebinding partner; and/or the IRBM only contains the extracellular domainor an IgSF domain or specific binding fragment thereof of the bindingpartner, optionally wherein the IgSF domain is an IgV domain or an IgCdomain. In some aspects, the at least one IgSF domain includes an IgVdomain or specific binding fragment thereof, an IgC domain or a specificbinding fragment thereof, or both. In some embodiments, the at least oneIgSF domain consists of an IgV domain or specific binding fragmentthereof, an IgC domain or a specific binding fragment thereof, or both.

In some of any such embodiments, the inhibitory receptor is a TIGIT. Insome embodiments, the binding partner of the inhibitory receptor is aCD155 polypeptide or a variant thereof and the IRBM contains (i) thesequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 47, 310 or 353, (ii) asequence of amino acids that has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%,91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to SEQID NO: 47, 310 or 353; or (iii) a specific binding fragment of (i) or(ii). In some embodiments, the binding partner of the inhibitoryreceptor is a CD112 polypeptide or a variant thereof and the IRBMincludes (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 48, 666or 761, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%, 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequenceidentity to SEQ ID NO: 48, 666 or 761; or (iii) a specific bindingfragment of (i) or (ii).

In some of any such embodiments, the inhibitory receptor is PD-1. Insome embodiments, the binding partner of the inhibitory receptor is aPD-L1 polypeptide or a variant thereof and the IRBM includes (i) thesequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30, 55, 309 or 1728,(ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%,89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequenceidentity to SEQ ID NO: 30, 55, 309 or 1728; or (iii) a specific bindingfragment of (i) or (ii). In some embodiments, the binding partner of theinhibitory receptor is a PD-L2 polypeptide or a variant thereof and theIRBM includes (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO:31, 1203 or 1263, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%,86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 31, 1203 or 1263; or (iii) a specificbinding fragment of (i) or (ii).

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the IRBM contains at leastone IgSF domain of a binding partner of the inhibitory receptor. In someof any of the provided embodiments, the IRBM is not the full-lengthsequence of the binding partner; and/or the IRBM only contains theextracellular domain or an IgSF domain or specific binding fragmentthereof of the binding partner. In some embodiments, the IgSF domain isan IgV domain or an IgC domain. In some embodiments, the at least oneIgSF domain contains an IgV domain or specific binding fragment thereof,an IgC domain or a specific binding fragment thereof, or both. In someembodiments, the at least one IgSF domain consists of an IgV domain orspecific binding fragment thereof, an IgC domain or a specific bindingfragment thereof, or both.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the inhibitory is PD-1 andthe binding partner of the inhibitory receptor is selected from awild-type PD-L1 or PD-L2 or is a variant thereof that binds to theinhibitory receptor. In some cases, the wild-type protein is a humanprotein. In some embodiments, the binding partner of the inhibitoryreceptor is a PD-L1 polypeptide or a variant thereof and the IRBMincludes (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30, 55,309 or 1728, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%, 86%,87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 30, 55, 309 or 1728; or (iii) a specificbinding fragment of (i) or (ii); or the binding partner of theinhibitory receptor is a PD-L2 polypeptide or a variant thereof and theIRBM includes (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO:31, 1203 or 1263, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%,86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 31, 1203 or 1263; or (iii) a specificbinding fragment of (i) or (ii).

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the inhibitory is TIGIT andthe binding partner of the inhibitory receptor is selected from awild-type CD155 or CD112 or is a variant thereof that binds to theinhibitory receptor. In some cases, the wild-type protein is a humanprotein. In some embodiments, the binding partner of the inhibitoryreceptor is a CD155 polypeptide or a variant thereof and the IRBMcontains (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 47, 310or 353, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%, 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequenceidentity to SEQ ID NO: 47, 310 or 353; or (iii) a specific bindingfragment of (i) or (ii). In some embodiments, the binding partner of theinhibitory receptor is a CD112 polypeptide or a variant thereof and theIRBM includes (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO:48, 666 or 761, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%,86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 48, 666 or 761; or (iii) a specificbinding fragment of (i) or (ii).

In some of any such embodiments, the binding partner is a variant andthe variant exhibits increased binding activity, optionally bindingaffinity, to the inhibitory receptor compared to the binding ofunmodified or wild-type binding partner to the same inhibitory receptor.In some examples, the binding activity, optionally binding affinity, tothe inhibitory receptor is increased more than 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold,2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold,20-fold, 30-fold, 40-fold, 50-fold or 60-fold.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM binds to anactivating receptor that is CD28 and the IRBM binds to an inhibitoryreceptor that is PD-1. In some of any of the provided embodiments, theARBM binds to an activating receptor that is CD28 and the IRBM binds toan inhibitory receptor that is TIGIT.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM binds to anactivating receptor that is CD28 and the ARBM contains at least one IgSFdomain of a binding partner of CD28.

In some of any such embodiments, the binding partner of CD28 is ICOSL oris a variant thereof that binds to CD28. In some aspects, the bindingpartner is a variant of ICOSL and the variant exhibits increased bindingactivity, optionally binding affinity, to CD28 compared to the bindingof unmodified or wild-type ICOSL to CD28. In some embodiments, thebinding activity, optionally binding affinity, to CD28 is increased morethan 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold,8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold, 40-fold, 50-fold or 60-fold.In some embodiments, the ARBM contains (i) the sequence of amino acidsset forth in SEQ ID NO: 32, 2056, or 2244, (ii) a sequence of aminoacids that has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%,94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 32,2056, or 2244; or (iii) a specific binding fragment of (i) or (ii). Insome of any such embodiments, the ARBM is a variant ICOSL and the one ormore amino acid modifications in a variant ICOSL can be any describedherein, such as set forth in Section I.B.1.a. In some embodiments, theone or more amino acid modifications include any set forth in Table 7.In some embodiments, the ARBM is a variant ICOSL and the variant ICOSLcontains one or more amino acid modifications at one or more positioncorresponding to 52, 57, 100, 110, or 198 with reference to numberingset forth in SEQ ID NO: 32, 2056, or 2244. In some cases, the variantICOSL contains one or more amino acid modifications selected from N52H,N52D, N52S, N52K, S54A, S54P, N57Y, Q100P, Q100R, V110A, V110D, C198R,or a conservative amino acid substitution thereof, with reference tonumbering set forth in SEQ ID NO: 32, 2056, or 2244. In someembodiments, the variant ICOSL contains one or more amino acidmodifications selected from M10V, M10I, V11E, S13G, E16V, S18R, A20V,S25G, F27S, F27C, N30D, Y33del, Q37R, K42E, T43A, Y47H, N52A, N52C,N52D, N52G, N52H, N52L, N52K, N52M, N52P, N52Q, N52R, N52S, N52T, N52V,N52Y, S54A, S54P, N57A, N57E, N57F, N57H, N57K, N57L, N57M, N57P, N57Q,N57S, N57T, N57V, N57W, N57Y, R61S, R61C, Y62F, L67P, A71T, G72R, L74Q,R75Q, D77G, F78L, L80P, N84Q, D89G, E90A, K92R, F93L, H94E, H94D, L96F,L96I, V97A, L98F, S99G, Q100A, Q100D, Q100E, Q100G, Q100K, Q100L, Q100M,Q100N, Q100R, Q100P, Q100S, Q100T, Q100V, L102R, G103E, V107A, V107I,S109G, 5109N, V110D, V110N, V110A, E111del, T113E, H115R, H115Q, V116A,A117T, N119Q, F120I, F120S, S121G, V122A, V122M, S126T, S126R, H129P,S130G, S132F, Q133H, E135K, F138L, T139S, C140D, C140del, 5142F, I143V,I143T, N144D, Y146C, V151A, Y152C, Y152H, W153R, I154F, N155H, N155Q,K156M, D158G, L161P, L161M, L166Q, N168Q, F172S, L173S, M175T, T1905,T190A, S192G, V193M, N194D, C198R, N201S, L203P, L203F, N207Q, L208P,V210A, S212G, D217V, I218T, 1218N, E220G, R221G, R221I, I224V, T225A,N227K or a conservative amino acid modification thereof, with referenceto numbering of reference to numbering of SEQ ID NO:32, 2056 or 2244.

In some of any such embodiments, the variant ICOSL polypeptide containsthe amino acid modification(s) N52S, N52S, N52D, N52Y/N57Y/F138L/L203P,N52H/N57Y/Q100P, N52S/Y146C/Y152C, N52H/C198R, N52H/C140del/T225A,N52H/C198R/T225A, N52H/K92R, N52H/599G, N57Y, N57Y/Q100P,N52S/S130G/Y152C, N52S/Y152C, N52S/C198R, N52Y/N57Y/Y152C,N52Y/N57Y/H129P/C198R, N52H/L161P/C198R, N52S/T113E, S54A, N52D/554P,N52K/L208P, N52S/Y152H, N52H/I143T, N52S/L80P, N52S/D158G, N52D/Q133H,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/C198R/S212G, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/C198R,N52H/N57Y/L74Q/V110D/S192G, N52H/Q100R, N52H/S121G/C198R,A20V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/S109G, N52H/N57Y/Q100P/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V122A, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S, N52H/N57Y/Q100R,N52S/F120S/N227K, N52S/N194D, N52S/F120S, N52S/G72R,N52S/A71T/A117T/T190A/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V107I/V110D/S132F/I154F/C198R/R221G,E16V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/Y152C/K156M/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/C198R, F27S/N52H/N57Y/V110N,N52S/H94E/L96I/S109N/L166Q, S18R/N52S/F93L/I143V/R221G,V11E/N30D/N52H/N57Y/H94E/L96I/L98F/N194D/V210A/I218T,N52S/H94E/L96I/V122M, N52H/N57Y/H94E/L96I/F120I/S126T/W153R/I218N,M10V/S18R/N30D/N52S/S126R/T139S/L203F, S25G/N30D/N52S/F120S/N227K,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/F172S/C198R,S25G/F27C/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/E135K/L173S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/V110A/C198R/R221I, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/L102R/V110D/H115R/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/N144D/F172S/C198R, N52S/H94E/L98F/Q100R,N52S/E90A, N52S/F120S/I143V/I224V, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/C198R, N52Y/N57Y/Q100P/F172S,E16V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/Y152C/K156M/F172S/C198R,N52S/H115R/F120S/I143V/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100P/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R/F172S/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100P/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R, N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R/C198R, N52H/Q100R/C198R,N52H/Q100R/H115R/F172S, N52H/Q100R/H115X/F172S/C198R,N52H/Q100R/H115R/F172S/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S, Q100R,N52Y/F138L/L203P, N57Y/Q100R/C198R, N57Y/F138L/L203, N52H, N57Y,N57Y/Q100P, Q100R/F138L, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/I224V, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/I143V/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/L102R/H115R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/N194D, N52H/N57Y/H115R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/C198R, N52H/N57Y/H115R,N52H/Q100R/H115R/I143T/F172S, N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R/F172S,E16V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/C198R,N30D/K42E/N52S/H115R/C198R/R221I, N52S/E90A/H115R, N30D/K42E/N52S/H115R,N52S/H115R/F172S/C198R, N119Q, N207Q, N52Q/N207X, N168X/N207X,N52Q/N168Q, N84Q/N207Q, N119Q/N168Q, N119Q/N207Q, N119Q/N155X,N52Q/N119Q, N52Q/N84Q/N207Q, N119Q/N155Q/N168Q, N52Q/N84Q/N155X/N168X,N52Q/N84Q/N119Q/N168Q, N52A/N57F/Q100S, N52A/N57H/Q100S,N52A/N57Y/Q100A, N52D/N57A/Q100A, N52D/Q100S, N52G/Q100A, N52H/Q100A,N52M/N57H/Q100S, N52M/N57W/Q100P, N52Q/N57F, N52Q/N57S/Q100A,N52R/N57L/Q100A, N52R/N57Y/Q100P, N52R/N57Y/Q100S, N52S/N57A/Q100A,N52S/N57H/Q100E, N52S/N57L/Q100S, N52S/N57M/Q100S, N52S/N57Y/Q100S,N52S/N57Y/Q100M, N52S/N57Y/Q100V, N52T/N57H/Q100S, N52T/N57H/Q100A,N52T/N57Y/Q100A, N52V/N57L/Q100A, N52H/N57Y/Q100K, N52K/N57Y/Q100R,N52L/N57H/Q100R, N52R/N57F/Q100N, N52R/N57F/Q100P, N52R/N57F/Q100R,N52R/N57F/Q100T, N52R/N57L/Q100S, N52R/N57W/Q100K, N52R/N57W, N52G/N57V,N52L/N57V, N52S/N57L/Q100G, N52T/N57K/Q100P. In some cases, the variantICOSL polypeptide contains the modification(s) N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S,N52H/N57Y/Q100R, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V122A, N52H/Q100R, N52H/N57Y/Q100P,N52H/N57Y/V110A/C198R/R221I, N52Y/N57Y/I38L/L203P, N52S/N194D or N52D.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM contains thesequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 2022-2055, 2074,2076-2121, 2137-2154, 2160-2197, 2200-2206, 2208-2243, 2299-2346, or aspecific binding fragment thereof. In some of any of the providedembodiments, the ARBM includes the sequence of amino acids set forth inany of SEQ ID NOs: 2057-2073, 2075, 2122-2136, 2155-2159, 2189-2199,2207, 2245-2298, 2347-2518, or a specific binding fragment thereof.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the binding partner of CD28is CD80 or CD86. In some embodiments, the ARBM contains (i) the sequenceof amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 28, 1005, 1079, 2615, 2654 or3580, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%, 86%, 87%,88%%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequenceidentity to SEQ ID NO: 28, 1005, 1079, 2615, 2654 or 3580; or (iii) aspecific binding fragment of (i) or (ii). In some of any of the providedembodiments, the ARBM includes (i) the sequence of amino acids set forthin SEQ ID NO: 29 or 1195, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has atleast 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%,98%, or 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 29 or 1195; or (iii) aspecific binding fragment of (i) or (ii). In some of any suchembodiments, the ARBM is a variant CD80 and the one or more amino acidmodifications can include any described herein, such as set forth inSection I.B.1.b. In some embodiments, the one or more amino acidmodifications include any set forth in Table 8. In some of any suchembodiments, the ARBM is a variant CD86 and the one or more amino acidmodifications can be any described herein, such as set forth in SectionI.B.1.c. In some embodiments, the one or more amino acid modificationsinclude any set forth in Table 9.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM binds to anactivating receptor that is CD28 and the IRBM binds to an inhibitoryreceptor that is PD-1. In some of any of the provided embodiments, theARBM binds to an activating receptor that is CD28 and the IRBM binds toan inhibitory receptor that is TIGIT.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM binds to anactivating receptor that is CD2 and the ARBM contains at least one IgSFdomain of a binding partner of CD2. In some embodiments the bindingpartner of CD2 is CD58 or is a variant thereof.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM comprises (i) thesequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2946, 3239 or 3650, (ii)a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%%, 89%,90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity toSEQ ID NO: 2946, 3239 or 3650; or (iii) a specific binding fragment of(i) or (ii). In some embodiments, the binding partner of CD2 is awild-type human CD58. In some embodiments, the ARBM is set forth in SEQID NO:2946, 3239 or 3650 or is a specific binding fragment thereof thatbinds to CD2.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM binds to a ligandof an activating receptor that is CD80 or CD86 and the IRBM binds to aninhibitory receptor that is PD-1. In some embodiments, the ARBM containsat least one IgSF domain of a binding partner of the ligand of theactivating receptor. In some examples, the binding partner is CTLA-4 oris a variant thereof that binds to CD80 or CD86. In some of any suchembodiments, the binding partner is a variant of CTLA-4 and the variantexhibits increased binding activity, optionally binding affinity, toCD80 or CD86 compared to the binding of unmodified or wild-type CTLA-4to CD80 or CD86. In some cases, the binding activity, optionally bindingaffinity, to CD80 or CD86 is increased more than 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold,2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold,20-fold, 30-fold, 40-fold, 50-fold or 60-fold. In some embodiments, theARBM contains (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO:36, 2655 or 2947, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%,86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 36, 2655 or 2947; or (iii) a specificbinding fragment of (i) or (ii). In some of any such embodiments, theARBM is a variant CTLA-4 and the one or more amino acid modificationscan include any described herein, such as set forth in Section I.B.5.b.In some embodiments, the one or more amino acid modifications includeany set forth in Table 10. In some embodiments, the variant CTLA-4contains one or more modification at one or more position selected from6, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33,35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 63,64, 65, 67 69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 82, 85, 86, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 96,97, 98, 99, 105, 106, 108, 110, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121or 122 with reference to numbering set forth in SEQ ID NO:36 or 2655. Insome embodiments, the variant CTLA-4 contains one or more amino acidmodifications selected from A6T, V10A, L12F, L12H, L12P, S14N, S15P,R16C, R16G, R16H, I18A, I18F, I18N, I18T, I18V, A19V, S20N, V22A, V221,E24Q, A26D, A26S, A26T, S27P, P28L, G29R, G29W, K30R, A31Y, E33M, E33V,R35K, T37S, V38I, Q41L, A42S, A42T, A42V, D43N, Q45H, V46E, T47A, E48R,T53S, Y54F, M55R, M55T, M55V, M56K, M56L, M56R, M56T, M56V, N58D, N58S,E59D, E59G, T61A, T61I, T61N, T61R, T61S, L63H, L63P, D64E, D64N, D64V,D65G, I67N, I67T, I67V, T69A, T69I, T69S, T71A, T71I, S72G, S72T, S73R,N75D, Q76R, Q82H, Q82R, R85G, A86T, M87A, M87K, M87T, M87V, T89A, T89M,T89S, L91R, I93L, I93V, K95R, V96I, E97Q, L98Q, L98R, M99I, M99L, Y105F,Y105L, L106E, L106I, L106R, I108F, 1108V, N110K, N110S, N110Y, Y115N,V116A, I117E, I117L, I117M, I117T, I18T, or I18V, or a conservativeamino acid substitution thereof, with reference to numbering set forthin SEQ ID NO: 36 or 2655.

In some of any such embodiments, the variant CTLA-4 contains the aminoacid modification(s) A31Y/L106E, A6T/A26T/M55T/M99L/Y105L,V10A/G29W/T53S/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/P121S,V10A/L63P/D64V/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, V10A/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,L12F/R16H/G29W/M56T/L98Q/Y105L, L12F/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106R,L12F/K30R/S72G/Q82R/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L12H/I18V/A42T/M55T/N58D/L98R/Y105L/L106I/P121S, L12H/E33M/L98Q/Y105L,L12H/M55T/E59D/L63P/M99L, L12H/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,L12I/M55T/M56V/I67T/M99L/L106R/I108F,L12P/R16H/A26T/T61S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/I117L,L12P/I18T/A26T/M55T/T69S/S72G/M99L/Y105L, L12P/A26T, L12P/A26T/L63P,L12P/A26T/L63P/S72G/T89M/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L12P/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, L12P/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I,L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I,L12P/G29W/D43N/N58S/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L12P/M56V/L63P/V96I/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/Y115H,L12P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L12P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106N,L12P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106N/I117L,S14N/R16C/I18T/M56K/T61A/L63P/A86T/M99L, S15P/I18V/M56T/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,R16C/G29W/E33V/M55T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, I18A/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,I18F/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/P121S, I18N/A26T/L63H/T89A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,I18N/L63P/S72T/M87T/L98Q/Y105L/N110S,I18T/A26S/M55T/M56V/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117K,I18T/A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, I18T/A26T/L63P/Q82R/L98Q/Y105L,I18T/G29R/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, I18T/G29W/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,I18T/E48R/L63P/T69S/L98Q/Y105L/N110Y,I18T/T61R/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,I18T/L63P/S72G/M87K/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, I18T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,I18T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I108V,I18V/A26T/L63P/D64E/L98Q/Y105L/L106R/N110K,I18V/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, A19V/G29W/R35K/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,S20N/A26T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, V22A/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/P119H,V22I/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/I117M, E24Q/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,A26D/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/A42V/Q45H/I67N/M87K/E97Q/M99L,A26T/V46E/L63P/D65G/L98Q, A26T/T47A/M56K/L63P/S72G/Q82R/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,A26T/T53S/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, A26T/T53S/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L,A26T/Y54F/M56K/M99L/Y105L, A26T/M55R/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,A26T/M55T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/M55T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,A26T/L63P/D65G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/L63P/M87V/N110K/I117E,A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L,A26T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/167N/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,S27P/M56K/L63P/S72G/S73R/T89A/M99L/Y105L/I117M,P28L/E33V/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,P28L/E33V/L63P/S72G/L98R/M99L/Y105L,G29W/T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L/I108V,G29W/T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L/P121S,G29W/T53S/M56K/T61N/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/T53S/M56K/L63P/Q82H/L98Q/M99I/Y105L,G29W/T53S/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/T53S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/M55V/E59G/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/M56T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L,G29W/N58D/167V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/N58S/L63P/D64N/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,G29W/N58S/L63P/T69I/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I,G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106V,G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/M87V/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/N58S/L63P/Q82R/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/N58S/L63P/M87T/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/N58S/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/E59G/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/T61I/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,G29W/L63P/D65G/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/L63P/167V/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I, G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L,G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I117L, G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/P121S,G29W/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/S72G/Q76R/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/Q113H,G29W/M87K/T89S/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I108V/I117L,G29W/M87K/I93V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,E33M/A42T/L98Q/Y105L, E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I108F, E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I117L,E33M/Q82H/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, E33V/A42S/M55T/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,T37S/M56V/L98Q/Y105L, V38I/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,Q41L/Y54F/M56K/M99L/I108F, T53S/M56V/L98Q/Y105L,M55T/L63P/T71I/M99L/Y105L, M55T/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,M55T/E97Q/M99L/Y105F, M56K/L63P/N75D/V96I/M99L/Y105L/L106I,M56L/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L, M56R/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,M56T/L91R/L98Q/Y105L,M56V/E59G/L63P/S72G/M87K/I93V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117E,T61A/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L63P/T69A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106R/V116A,L63P/S72G/M87A/L98Q/Y105L, L63P/S72G/I93L/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/I117L,L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L, L63P/S72G/Y105L,L63P/M87K/M99L/L106R, L63P/Q82H/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L63P/K95R, L63P/L98Q,L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I,L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I108V, L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117M, L63P/L98Q/Y105L,L63P/L98Q/V116A, L63P/L98R/N110K, L63P/M99L/Y105L/I108F,I67V/S72G/Q82H/T89A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, S72G/R85G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I,S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117T, L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/I117T, L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/Y115N, L98Q/Y105L,and L98R/N110K, with reference to numbering set forth in SEQ ID NO:36 or2655. In some embodiments, the variant CTLA-4 polypeptide contains themodification(s) A31Y/L106E, with reference to numbering set forth in SEQID NO:36 or 2655.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM includes thesequence of amino acids set forth in any of 2519, 2520, 2948-3041,3043-3048, 3050-3099, 3230, 3231, or a specific binding fragmentthereof. In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM includesthe sequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 3100-3229,3232 or 3233, or a specific binding fragment thereof.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the IRBM contains at leastone IgSF domain of a binding partner of PD-1. In some embodiments, thebinding partner of PD-1 is PD-L1 or PD-L2 or is a variant of PD-L1 orPD-L2 that binds to PD-1. In some embodiments, the binding partner is avariant of PD-L1 or PD-L2 and the variant exhibits increased bindingactivity, optionally binding affinity, to PD-1 compared to the bindingof unmodified or wild-type PD-L1 or PD-L2, respectively, to PD-1. Insome embodiments, the binding activity, optionally binding affinity, toPD-1 is increased more than 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold,5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold,40-fold, 50-fold or 60-fold. In some embodiments, the IRBM contains (i)the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30, 55, 309 or 1728,(ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%%,89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequenceidentity to SEQ ID NO: 30, 55, 309 or 1728; or (iii) a specific bindingfragment of (i) or (ii). In some embodiments, the IRBM includes (i) thesequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 31, 1203 or 1263, (ii) asequence of amino acids that has at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%%, 89%, 90%,91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to SEQID NO: 31, 1203 or 1263; or (iii) a specific binding fragment of (i) or(ii). In some of any such embodiments, the one or more amino acidmodifications is a variant PD-L1 and can include any described herein,such as set forth in Section I.A.1.a. In some embodiments, IRBM is avariant PD-L1 and the one or more amino acid modifications include anyset forth in Table 2. In some of any such embodiments, the IRBM is avariant PD-L2 and the one or more amino acid modifications can includeany described herein, such as set forth in Section I.A.1.b. In someembodiments, the one or more amino acid modifications include any setforth in Table 3.

In some of any such embodiments, the IRBM is a variant of PD-L1 and thevariant PD-L1 contains one or more amino acid modifications at one ormore positions corresponding to 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 33, 35, 36, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51,52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 68, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78, 79,83, 85, 89, 90, 93, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 110, 111, 112,113, 117, 119, 120, 121, 124, 129, 130, 131, 134, 137, 138, 144, 148,149, 150, 155, 158, 160, 163, 165, 167, 170, 171, 173, 175, 176, 177,179, 180, 183, 185, 188, 189, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199,200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 207, 213, or 221, with reference tonumbering set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30, 309 or 1728. In some of any suchembodiments, the variant PD-L1 contains one or more amino acidmodifications selected from P6S, Y10F, V11A, V11E, Y14S, G15A, S16G,N17D, M18I, M18T, M18V, T19A, T19I, I20L, C22R, K23E, K23N, K23R, E26A,E27D, E27G, K28E, K28I, K28N, K28R, A33D, L35P, I36S, I36T, E40G, M41K,M41V, D43G, D43V, K44E, N45D, N45I, N45T, I46V, I47T, F49S, V50A, H51N,H51R, H51Y, G52R, G52V, E53G, E53V, E54G, D55G, D55N, D55S, D55V, L56Q,K57E, K57R, V58A, V58D, H60R, R64S, Q65L, R68L, K71E, D72G, Q73R, L74P,S75P, N78I, N78S, A79T, I83T, D85E, Q89R, D90G, V93E, M97I, M97K, M97L,I98L, I98T, I98V, S99G, G101D, G101G-ins (G101GG), G102D, A103V, D104G,K106E, K106R, V110M, K111E, K111T, V112A, N113Y, N117S, 1119T, N120S,Q121L, L124S, V129A, V129D, T130A, S131F, E134G, C137R, Q138R, K144E,K144Q, I148V, W149R, T150A, Q155H, S158G, K160M, T163I, K163N, N165Y,K167R, K167T, E170G, K171R, F173I, F173L, K173Y, V175A, S177C, L179P,R180S, T183A, T183I, T185A, I188V, F189L, F189S, T192S, F193S, R194G,R194W, R195G, R195S, R195T, L196S, D197G, P198S, P198T, E199G, E200K,E200N, N201D, N201Y, H202Q, T203A, A204T, L206F, V207A, L213P, or T221Lor a conservative amino acid substitution thereof, with reference tonumbering set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30, 309 or 1728.

In some embodiments, the variant PD-L1 polypeptide contains the aminoacid modification(s) K28N/M41V/N45T/H51N/K57E, I20L/I36T/N45D/147T,I20L/M41K/K44E, P6S/N45T/N78I/183T, N78I, M41K/N78I, N45T/N78I,I20L/N45T, N45T, M41K, I20L/I36T/N45D, N17D/N45T/V50A/D72G, I20L/F49S,N45T/V50A, I20L/N45T/N78I, I20L/N45T/V50A, M41V/N45T, M41K/N45T,A33D/S75P/D85E, M18I/M41K/D43G/H51R/N78I, V11E/I20L/I36T/N45D/H60R/S75P,A33D/V50A, S16G/A33D/K71E/S75P, E27G/N45T/M97I, E27G/N45T/K57R,A33D/E53V, D43G/N45D/V58A, E40G/D43V/N45T/V50A, Y14S/K28E/N45TA33D/N78S, A33D/N78I, A33D/N45T, A33D/N45T/N78I, E27G/N45T/V50A,N45T/V50A/N78S, I20L/N45T/V110M, I20L/I36T/N45T/V50A, N45T/L74P/S75P,N45T/S75P, S75P/K106R, S75P, A33D/S75P, A33D/S75P/D104G, A33D/S75P,I20L/E27G/N45T/V50A, I20L/E27G/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I,I20L/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I, I20L/A33D/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I,I20L/D43G/N45D/N78I, E27G/N45T/V50A/N78I, N45T/V50A/N78I,V11A/I20L/E27G/D43G/N45D/H51Y/S99G, I20L/E27G/D43G/N45T/V50A,I20L/K28E/D43G/N45D/V58A/Q89R, I20L/I36T/N45D,I20L/K28E/D43G/N45D/E53G/V58A/N78I, A33D/D43G/N45D/V58A/S75P,K23R/D43G/N45D, I20L/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I/D90G/G101D,D43G/N45D/L56Q/V58A/G101GG, I20L/K23E/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I,I20L/K23E/D43G/N45D/V50A/N78I, T19I/E27G/N45I/V50A/N78I/M97K,I20L/M41K/D43G/N45D, K23R/N45T/N78I,I20L/K28E/D43G/N45D/V58A/Q89R/G101G-ins (G101GG), K57R/S99G,K57R/S99G/F189L, M18V/M97L/F193S/R195G/E200K/H202Q,I36S/M41K/M97L/K144Q/R195G/E200K/H202Q/L206F,C22R/Q65L/L124S/K144Q/R195G/E200N/H202Q/T221L,M18V/I98L/L124S/P198T/L206F, S99G/N117S/I148V/K171R/R180S,I36T/M97L/A103V/Q155H, K28I/S99G, R195S,A79T/S99G/T185A/R195G/E200K/H202Q/L206F, K57R/S99G/L124S/K144Q,K57R/S99G/R195G, D55V/M97L/S99G, E27G/I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E,E54G/M97L/S99G, G15A/I36T/M97L/K111E/H202Q, G15A/I36T/V129D,G15A/I36T/V129D/R195G, G15A/V129D, I36S/M97L,I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E/A204T, I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E/V129A/F173L,I36T/D55S/M97L/K111E/I148V/R180S,I36T/G52R/M97L/V112A/K144E/V175A/P198T,I36T/I46V/D55G/M97L/K106E/K144E/T185A/R195G, I36T/I83T/M97L/K144E/P198T,I36T/M97L/K111E, I36T/M97L/K144E/P198T, I36T/M97L/Q155H/F193S/N201Y,I36T/M97L/V129D, L35P/I36S/M97L/K111E,M18I/I36T/E53G/M97L/K144E/E199G/V207A, M18T/I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E,M18V/M97L/T176N/R195G, M97L/S99G, N17D/M97L/S99G,S99G/T185A/R195G/P198T, V129D/H202Q, V129D/P198T, V129D/T150A,V93E/V129D, Y10F/M18V/S99G/Q138R/T203A, N45D, K160M/R195G, N45D/K144E,N45D/P198S, N45D/P198T, N45D/R195G, N45D/R195S, N45D/S131F, N45D/V58D,V129D/R195S, I98T/F173Y/L196S, N45D/E134G/L213P, N45D/F173I/S177C,N45D/I148V/R195G, N45D/K111T/R195G, N45D/N113Y/R195S, N45D/N165Y/E170G,N45D/Q89R/I98V, N45D/S131F/P198S, N45D/S75P/P198S, N45D/V50A/R195T,E27D/N45D/T183A/I188V, F173Y/T183I/L196S/T203A, K23N/N45D/S75P/N120S,N45D/G102D/R194W/R195G, N45D/G52V/Q121L/P198S, N45D/I148V/R195G/N201D,N45D/K111T/T183A/I188V, N45D/Q89R/F189S/P198S, N45D/S99G/C137R/V207A,N45D/T163I/K167R/R195G, N45D/T183A/T192S/R194G, N45D/V50A/I119T/K144E,T19A/N45D/K144E/R195G, V11E/N45D/T130A/P198T, V26A/N45D/T163I/T185A,K23N/N45D/L124S/K167T/R195G, K23N/N45D/Q73R/T163I,K28E/N45D/W149R/S158G/P198T, K28R/N45D/K57E/I98V/R195S,K28R/N45D/V129D/T163N/R195T, M41K/D43G/N45D/R64S/R195G,M41K/D43G/N45D/R64S/S99G, N45D/R68L/F173L/D197G/P198S,N45D/V50A/I148V/R195G/N201D, M41K/D43G/K44E/N45D/R195G/N201D, orN45D/V50A/L124S/K144E/L179P/R195G, with reference to numbering set forthin SEQ ID NO: 30, 309 or 1728. In some embodiments, the variant PD-L1contains the modification(s) D43G/N45D/L56Q/V58A/G101G-ins.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the IRBM contains thesequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 56-120, 1725,1729-1818, 1819-1907, 1943-2008 or a specific binding fragment thereof.In some of any of the provided embodiments, the IRBM contains thesequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 121-185,244-308, 1726-1727, 1908-1937.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the IRBM is a variant ofPD-L2 and the variant PD-L2 contains one or more amino acidmodifications at one or more positions corresponding to 2, 12, 13, 15,18, 20, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 58, 59,65, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 82, 85, 86, 89, or 91, withreference to SEQ ID NO:31 and 1263. In some of any such embodiments, thevariant PD-L2 contains one or more amino acid modifications selectedfrom F2L, I12V, I13V, H15Q, N18D, T20A, N24S, C23S, G28V, N24D, V31A,V31M, N32D, L33P, L33H, L33F, I36V, T37A, S48C, S39I, E44D, N45S, D46E,T47A, E58G, E59G, K65R, S67L, H69L, P71S, Q72H, V73A, Q74R, R76G, D77N,Q82R, I85F, I86T, V89D, or W91R, with reference to numbering set forthin SEQ ID NO:31 and 1263. In some of any such embodiments, the variantPD-L2 contains the amino acid modification(s) H15Q, N24D, E44D, V89D,Q82R/V89D, E59G/Q82R, S39I/V89D, S67L/V89D, S67L/I85F, S67L/I86T,H15Q/K65R, H15Q/Q72H/V89D, H15Q/S67L/R76G, H15Q/R76G/185F,H15Q/T47A/Q82R, H15Q/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/C23S/I86T, H15Q/S39I/I86T,E44D/V89D/W91R, I13V/S67L/V89D, H15Q/S67L/I86T, I13V/H15Q/S67L/I86T,I13V/H15Q/E44D/V89D, I13V/S39I/E44D/Q82R/V89D, I13V/E44D/Q82R/V89D,I13V/Q72H/R76G/I86T, I13V/H15Q/R76G/185F, H15Q/S39I/R76G/V89D,H15Q/S67L/R76G/185F, H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G/I86T, H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G,I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G, H15Q/E44D/R76G/185F, H15Q/S39I/S67L/V89D,H15Q/N32D/S67L/V89D, N32D/S67L/V89D, H15Q/S67L/Q72H/R76G/V89D,H15Q/Q72H/Q74R/R76G/I86T, G28V/Q72H/R76G/I86T, I13V/H15Q/S39I/E44D/S67L,E44D/S67L/Q72H/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/V89D, H15Q/T47A, I13V/H15Q/Q82R,I13V/H15Q/V89D, I13V/S67L/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/V31M/S67L/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q82R,I13V/H15Q/V31A/N45S/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/T47A/H69L/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/T47A/H69L/R76G/V89D, I12V/I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/R76G/D77N/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/T47A/R76G/V89D,I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/N24D/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/I36V/T47A/S67L/V89D, H15Q/T47A/K65R/S67L/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/L33P/T47A/S67L/P71S/V89D, I13V/H15Q/Q72H/R76G/I86T,H15Q/T47A/S67L/Q82R/V89D, F2L/H15Q/D46E/T47A/Q72H/R76G/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/L33F/T47A/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/T47A/E58G/S67L/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/N24S/T47A/Q72H/R76G/V89D, I13V/H15Q/E44V/T47A/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/N18D/T47A/Q72H/V73A/R76G/I86T/V89D,I13V/H15Q/T37A/E44D/S48C/S67L/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/L33H/S67L/R76G/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G/I86T, H15Q/S39I/E44D/Q72H/V75G/R76G/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/T47A/S67L/R76G/Q82R/V89D, orI13V/H15Q/T47A/S67L/Q72H/R76G/Q82R/V89D, with reference to numbering setforth in SEQ ID NO:31 and 1263. In some embodiments, the variant PD-L2contains the modification(s) H15Q/T47A/K65R/S67L/Q82R/V89D.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the IRBM contains thesequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 1204-1280 or aspecific binding fragment thereof. In some of any of the providedembodiments, the IRBM contains the sequence of amino acids set forth inany of SEQ ID NOs: 1283-1331, 1333-1407, 1309-1432.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the IRBM contains at leastone IgSF domain of a binding partner of TIGIT. In some embodiments, thebinding partner of TIGIT is CD155 or CD122 or is a variant of CD155 orCD122 that binds to PD-1. In some embodiments, the binding partner is avariant of CD155 or CD112 and the variant exhibits increased bindingactivity, optionally binding affinity, to TIGIT compared to the bindingof unmodified or wild-type CD155 or CD112, respectively, to TIGIT. Insome embodiments, the binding activity, optionally binding affinity, toTIGIT is increased more than 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold,5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold,40-fold, 50-fold or 60-fold. In some of any of the provided embodiments,the IRBM comprises (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ IDNO: 47, 310 or 353, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least85%, 86%, 87%, 88%%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,or 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 47, 310 or 353; or (iii) aspecific binding fragment of (i) or (ii). In some of any of the providedembodiments, the IRBM comprises (i) the sequence of amino acids setforth in SEQ ID NO: 48, 666 or 761, (ii) a sequence of amino acids thathas at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 48, 666 or 761; or(iii) a specific binding fragment of (i) or (ii). In some of any suchembodiments, the IRBM is a variant CD155 and the one or more amino acidmodification can be any described herein, such as set forth in SectionI.A.2.a. In some embodiments, the IRBM is a variant CD155 and the one ormore amino acid modifications include any set forth in Table 4. In someof any such embodiments, the IRBM is a variant CD112 and the one or moreamino acid modification can be any described herein, such as set forthin Section I.A.2.b. In some embodiments, the one or more amino acidmodifications include any set forth in Table 5.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the variant CD155 comprisesone or more amino acid modifications selected from P18F, P18S, S67A,L104M, L104Q, G111D or G111R. In some embodiments, the variant CD155polypeptide comprises the amino acid modification(s)P18F/T26M/L44V/Q62K/L79P/F91S/L104M/G111D,P18S/T45S/T61K/S65W/S67A/F91S/G111R, P18S/L79P/L104M/T107M,P18S/S65W/S67A/M90V/V95A/L104Q/G111R, P18S/S65W/S67A/L104Q/G111R.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the IRBM comprises thesequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 312-331,375-471, 1551-1575, 1577-1622. In some of any of the providedembodiments, the IRBM comprises the sequence of amino acids set forth inany of SEQ ID NOs: 332-352, 354-374, 472-665, 1505-1550, 1575, 1576,1623-1714.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM or IRBM is aspecific binding fragment of any of the above IgSF domain and has alength of at least 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110 or more amino acids.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM or IRBM is avariant of any of the above IgSF domains and the variant contains one ormore amino acid modifications at one or more positions in an IgSF domainof an unmodified or wild-type IgSF domain, such as an IgSF domain of abinding partner of an activating receptor, a binding partner of a ligandof an activating receptor or a binding partner of an inhibitoryreceptor. In some embodiments, the one or more amino acid modificationis an amino acid substitution, insertion or deletion. In someembodiments, the variant contains up to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20 amino acid modifications,optionally amino acid substitutions, insertions and/or deletions.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM contains an IgVdomain or a specific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, theat least one ARBM in a provided immunomodulatory protein contains onlyone ARBM.

In some of any such embodiments, the IRBM contains at least one IgSFdomain that is an IgV domain or a specific binding fragment thereof. Insome embodiments, the at least one IRBM in a provided immunomodulatoryprotein contains only one IRBM. In some embodiments, the at least oneIRBM in a provided immunomodulatory protein contains 2, 3, 4, 5 or moreIRBMs, optionally wherein each IRBM is the same. In some embodiments,each IRBM of a provided immunomodulatory protein is linked directly orindirectly via a linker, optionally wherein the linker is a peptidelinker.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the at least one IRBM andthe at least one ARBM are linked direct or indirectly via a linker. Insome instances, the embodiments is a peptide linker.

In some of any such embodiments, the peptide linker is selected fromGSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 2523), GGGGS (G4S; SEQ ID NO: 1942), GSGGGGS (SEQ IDNO: 1941), GGGGSGGGGS (2×GGGGS; SEQ ID NO: 240), GGGGSGGGGSGGGGS(3×GGGGS; SEQ ID NO: 239), GGGGSSA (SEQ ID NO: 2524) or combinationsthereof.

In some embodiments, the at least one IRBM is amino-terminal to the atleast one ARBM in the polypeptide. In some embodiments, the at least oneIRBM is carboxy-terminal to the at least one ARBM in the polypeptide. Insome embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains at least twoIRBM. In some of any such embodiments, at least one IRBM isamino-terminal to the at least one ARBM in the polypeptide and at leastone IRBM is carboxy-terminal to the at least one ARBM in thepolypeptide.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteinis a multi-domain protein in which the ARBM contains at least one IgSFdomain of CTLA-4 or a variant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domainthereof, and the IRBM contains at least one IgSF domain of PD-L1 or avariant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domain thereof.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteina multi-domain protein in which the ARBM contains at least one IgSFdomain of ICOS-L or a variant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domainthereof, and the IRBM contains at least one IgSF domain of PD-L1 or avariant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domain thereof.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteina multi-domain protein in which the ARBM contains at least one IgSFdomain of ICOS-L or a variant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domainthereof, and the IRBM contains at least one IgSF domain of PD-L2 or avariant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domain thereof.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteinis a multi-domain protein in which the ARBM contains at least one IgSFdomain of CD58 or a variant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domainthereof, and the IRBM contains at least one IgSF domain of PD-L1 or avariant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domain thereof.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteinis a multi-domain protein in which the ARBM contains at least one IgSFdomain of CTLA-4 or a variant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domainthereof, and the IRBM contains at least one IgSF domain of CD155 or avariant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domain thereof.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteinis a multi-domain protein in which the ARBM contains at least one IgSFdomain of CD58 or a variant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domainthereof, and the IRBM contains at least one IgSF domain of CD155 or avariant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domain thereof.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteinis a multi-domain protein in which the ARBM contain at least one IgSFdomain of ICOSL or a variant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domainthereof, and the IRBM contains at least one IgSF domain of CD155 or avariant thereof, e.g affinity-modified domain thereof.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteinis an immunomodulatory protein set forth in any of Tables E2, E3A, E3B,E4 or E5.

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein is a monomer and/orcontains a single polypeptide chain. In some embodiments, theimmunomodulatory protein comprises the sequence of amino acids set forthin any of SEQ ID NOS: 2563, 2567, 2569, 2571, 2573, 2575, 2577, 2579,2581, 2583, 2585, 2587, 2589, 2591, 2593, 2595, 2597, 2599, 2601, 2603,2605, 2607, 2609, 2612, 2614, 2619, 2621, 2623, 2625, 2627, 2629, 2631,2633, 2635, 2637, 2639, 2641, 2643, 2645, 2647, 2649, 2651, 2653, 3496,3497, 3498, 3499, 3500, 3501, 3502, 3535, 3656, 3658, or a sequence thatexhibits at least 85% 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to any of SEQ ID Nos: 2563,2567, 2569, 2571, 2573, 2575, 2577, 2579, 2581, 2583, 2585, 2587, 2589,2591, 2593, 2595, 2597, 2599, 2601, 2603, 2605, 2607, 2609, 2612, 2614,2619, 2621, 2623, 2625, 2627, 2629, 2631, 2633, 2635, 2637, 2639, 2641,2643, 2645, 2647, 2649, 2651, 2653, 3496, 3497, 3498, 3499, 3500, 3501,3502, 3535, 3656, 3658 and retains the same or similar activity.

In some of any such embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein containsthe sequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS:2541, 2543,2563, 2567, 2569, 2579, 2583, 2585, 2587, 2589, 2591, 2595, 2597, 2599,2601, 2603, 2605, 2607, 2609, 2631, 2643, 2651, or a sequence thatexhibits at least 85% 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity thereto and retains thesame or similar activity.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteincontains the sequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS:2583, 2587, 2603, 2651, or a sequence that exhibits at least 85% 86%,87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or moresequence identity thereto and retains the same or similar activity.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteincontains the sequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS:2541, 2533, 2651, 3522, 3523, 3664, 3666, 3668, 3674, 3766 or a sequencethat exhibits at least 85% 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to any of SEQ ID NOS:3522, 3523, 3664, 3666, 3668, 3674, 3766 and retains the same or similaractivity. In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains thesequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO:3522 or 3666 or asequence that exhibits at least 85% 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ IDNO: 3522 or 3566. In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteincontains the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO:3523 or 3668or a sequence that exhibits at least 85% 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%,92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQID NO: 3523 or 3568. In some embodiments the immunomodulatory proteinsbinds CD80 or CD86 and binds PD-1.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteincontains the sequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS:2583, 2587, 2603, 3678 or a sequence that exhibits at least 85% 86%,87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or moresequence identity to any of SEQ ID NOS: 2583, 2587, 2603, 3678 andretains the same or similar activity. In some embodiments theimmunomodulatory proteins binds CD28 and binds PD-1.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteincontains the sequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS:3680, 3682, 3684, 3686, 3688 or a sequence that exhibits at least 85%86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% ormore sequence identity to any of SEQ ID NOS: 3680, 3682, 3684, 3686,3688 and retains the same or similar activity. In some embodiments theimmunomodulatory proteins binds CD2 and binds PD-1.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteincontains the sequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS:3652, 3654, or 3664 or a sequence that exhibits at least 85% 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or moresequence identity to any of SEQ ID NOS: 3652, 3654, or 3664 and retainsthe same or similar activity. In some embodiments the immunomodulatoryproteins binds CD80 or CD86 and binds TIGIT.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteincontains the sequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS:3656 or a sequence that exhibits at least 85% 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%,91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity toany of SEQ ID NOS: 3656 and retains the same or similar activity. Insome embodiments the immunomodulatory proteins binds CD28 and bindsTIGIT.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteincontains the sequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS:3660 or 3662 or a sequence that exhibits at least 85% 86%, 87%, 88%,89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequenceidentity to any of SEQ ID NOS: 3660 or 3662 and retains the same orsimilar activity. In some embodiments the immunomodulatory proteinsbinds CD2 and binds TIGIT.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM and IRBM are linkedby a linker and the linker is or includes a multimerization domain. Insome embodiments, the multimerization domain promotes dimerization,trimerization, tetramerization, or pentamerization. In some embodiments,the immunomodulatory protein is a dimer, trimer, tetramer, or apentamer.

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein is a dimer, optionallywherein each polypeptide of the dimer is linked to a multimerizationdomain. In some aspects, the multimerization domain is an Fc domain. Insome of any such embodiments, the Fc domain is an IgG, optionally anIgG1, IgG2 or IgG4, Fc domain. In some cases, the Fc domain is an IgG1Fc domain. In some embodiments, the Fc domain is a human Fc domain.

In some of any such embodiments, the Fc domain exhibits reduced bindingaffinity to an Fc receptor and/or reduced effector function, optionallyas compared to a native IgG1 Fc domain. In some aspects, the Fc domaincontains one or more amino acid substitution that reduces binding to anFc receptor and or effector function, optionally wherein the one or moreamino acid substitutions are in a native IgG1 Fc domain. In someexamples, the one or more amino acid substitutions in the Fc domain areselected from E233P, L234A, L234V, L235A, L235E, G236del, G237A, S267K,N297G, V302C and K447del, each by EU numbering. In some embodiments, theFc contains the amino acid substitutions L234A, L235E an G237A by EUnumbering. In some embodiments, the Fc contains the amino acidsubstitutions R292C, N297G and V302C by EU numbering.

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains a firstpolypeptide chain comprising the at least one ARBM, the at least oneIRBM and a first multimerization domain, optionally wherein the firstmultimerization domain is a first Fc domain, and a second polypeptidechain comprising the at least one ARBM, the at least one IRBM and asecond multimerization domain, optionally wherein the secondmultimerization domain is a second Fc domain, wherein the first andsecond multimerization domains. In some embodiments the first and secondFc domains are able to interact to form a dimer comprising the first andsecond polypeptides. In some embodiments, the at least one IRBM isamino-terminal to the at least one ARBM in the first and/or secondpolypeptide.

In some embodiments, the first and second multimerization domain,optionally the first and second Fc domain, are the same. In someembodiments, the immunomodulatory protein is a homodimer.

In some embodiments, the Fc domain contains the sequence of amino acidsset forth in any of SEQ ID NOs:187 or 3538 or a sequence of amino acidsthat exhibits at least 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequenceidentity to any of SEQ ID NOs: 187 or 3538. In some embodiments, the Fcdomain contains the sequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ IDNOs:1155, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1938, 1939 or 1940 or a sequence of aminoacids that exhibits at least 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99%sequence identity to any of SEQ ID NOs: 1155, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1938,1939 or 1940. In some embodiments, the Fc domain contains the sequenceof amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs:1158, 1715 or 3579 or asequence of amino acids that exhibits at least 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%,98%, or 99% sequence identity to any of SEQ ID NOs: 1158, 1715 or 3579.

In some of any such embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein containsthe sequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS: 2529, 2530,2531, 2533, 2535, 2537, 2539, 2541, 2543, 3516, 3517, 3518, 3519, 3520,3521, 3522, 3523, 3524, 3652, 3654, 3660, 3662, 3664, 3666, 3668, 3670,3672, 3674, 3676, 3680, or 3682 ora sequence that exhibits at least 85%86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% ormore sequence identity to any of SEQ ID NOS: 2529, 2530, 2531, 2533,2535, 2537, 2539, 2541, 2543, 3516, 3517, 3518, 3519, 3520, 3521, 3522,3523, 3524, 3652, 3654, 3660, 3662, 3664, 3666, 3668, 3670, 3672, 3674,3676, 3680, or 3682 and retains the same activity.

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory includes a first polypeptidechain containing (i) one of the at least one ARBM or the at least oneIRBM and (ii) a first multimerization domain, optionally wherein thefirst multimerization domain is a first Fc domain and a secondpolypeptide chain comprising (i) the other of the at least one ARBM orthe at least one IRBM and (b) a second multimerization domain,optionally wherein the second multimerization domain is a second Fcdomain, wherein the first and second multimerization domains, optionallythe first and second Fc domains, interact to form a dimer comprising thefirst and second polypeptides. In some embodiments, the first and secondmultimerization domains, optionally the first and second Fc domains, aredifferent. In some of any of the provided embodiments, theimmunomodulatory protein is a heterodimer.

In some embodiments, each polypeptide of the dimer is linked to an Fcdomain and wherein the Fc domains contain a knob-into-hole modificationor contain a charge mutation to reduce or prevent self-association dueto charge repulsion.

In some embodiments, the Fc domain contains a knob-into-holemodification wherein one of the Fc domains contains a knob modificationcomprising the amino acid substitution T366W and the other one of the Fcdomain contains a hole modification selected from T366S, L368A and/orY407V, each by EU numbering. In some examples, the Fc domain containingthe knob modification further contains the amino acid substitution S354Cand the Fc domain comprising the hole modification further contains theamino acid substitution Y349C, each by EU numbering. In someembodiments, one of the Fc domains includes the sequence set forth inany of SEQ ID NO:1153 or 2558 or a sequence of amino acids that exhibitsat least 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to anyof SEQ ID NO: 1153 or 2558 and contains the knob-into-holemodifications, optionally amino acid substitutions T366W and/or S354C,and the other Fc domain includes the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1154 or 2559 or a sequence of amino acids that exhibits at least 85%,90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to any of SEQ ID NOs:1154 or 2559 and contains the knob-into-hole modifications, optionallyY349C, T366S, L368A and/or Y407V.

In some embodiments, the Fc domain includes a charge mutation whereinone of the Fc domains contains the amino acid substitution E356K, E357Kand/or D399K and the other of the Fc domains contains the amino acidsubstitution K370D, K392D and/or K409D. In some cases, one of the Fcdomains contains the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2544 or a sequenceof amino acids that exhibits at least 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2544 and includes the chargemutation, optionally the amino acid substitution E356K, E357K and/orD399K, and the other of the Fc domains includes the sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO:2544 or a sequence of amino acids that exhibits at least85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2544 and contains the charge mutation, optionally the amino acidsubstitution K370D, K392D and/or K409D.

In some of any such embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains afirst and second polypeptide comprising the sequence of amino acids setforth in SEQ ID NOs: 2547 and 2549, SEQ ID Nos: 2547 and 2551, SEQ IDNos: 2553 and 2549, SEQ ID Nos: 2553 and 2551, SEQ ID Nos: 2547 and2555, SEQ ID Nos: 2547 and 2557, SEQ ID Nos: 2553 and 2555 and SEQ IDNos: 2553 and 2557, SEQ ID Nos: 2526 and 2528, SEQ ID Nos: 2526 and2561, SEQ ID Nos: 3513 and 3514 or SEQ ID Nos: 3515 and 3514, or asequence that exhibits at least 85% 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to each ofSEQ ID NOs: 2547 and 2549, SEQ ID Nos: 2547 and 2551, SEQ ID Nos: 2553and 2549, SEQ ID Nos: 2553 and 2551, SEQ ID Nos: 2547 and 2555, SEQ IDNos: 2547 and 2557, SEQ ID Nos: 2553 and 2555 and SEQ ID Nos: 2553 and2557, SEQ ID Nos: 2526 and 2528, SEQ ID Nos: 2526 and 2561, SEQ ID Nos:3513 and 3514 or SEQ ID Nos: 3515 and 3514 and retains the sameactivity.

In some embodiments, the ARBM and IRBM are linked by a multimerizationdomain that promotes dimerization, trimerization, tetramerization, orpentamerization. In some embodiments, the multimerization domain is aportion of a cartilage oligomeric protein (COMP), such as set forth inSEQ ID NO:3503. In some embodiments, the multimerization domain is avasodilatory-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) tetramerization domain,such as set forth in SEQ ID NO:3504. In some embodiments, themultimerization domain is a ZymoZipper (ZZ) domain, such as set forth inSEQ ID NO:3505.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteincontains the sequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS:3507, 3509 or 3678, or a sequence that exhibits at least 85% 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or moresequence identity to any of SEQ ID NOS: 3507, 3509 or 3678 and retainsthe same activity.

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains the sequenceof amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS:2541, 2533, or a sequencethat exhibits at least 85% 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NOS:2541 or2533 and retains the same activity.

Provided herein is an immunomodulatory protein that contains thesequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS: 3506, 3508, 3510or 3511, or a sequence that exhibits at least 85% 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%,90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequenceidentity to any of SEQ ID NOS: 3506, 3508, 3510 or 3511 and retains thesame activity.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteinfurther contains a detectable moiety, optionally wherein the detectablemoiety is a peptide capable of detection, optionally wherein the peptidecapable of detection is a flag tag or a his tag.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the IRBM has a dissociationconstant for binding the inhibitory receptor of from 0.001 nM to 1000nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about 500 nM, from or from about 0.01nM to about 400 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about 100 nM, from orfrom about 0.01 nM to about 50 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about10 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about 1 nM, from or from about 0.01nM to about 0.1 nM, is from or from about 0.1 nM to about 500 nM, fromor from about 0.1 nM to about 400 nM, from or from about 0.1 nM to about100 nM, from or from about 0.1 nM to about 50 nM, from or from about 0.1nM to about 10 nM, from or from about 0.1 nM to about 1 nM, from or fromabout 0.5 nM to about 200 nM, from or from about 1 nM to about 500 nM,from or from about 1 nM to about 100 nM, from or from about 1 nM toabout 50 nM, from or from about 1 nM to about 10 nM, from or from about2 nM to about 50 nM, from or from about 10 nM to about 500 nM, from orfrom about 10 nM to about 100 nM, from or from about 10 nM to about 50nM, from or from about 50 nM to about 500 nM, from or from about 50 nMto about 100 nM or from or from about 100 nM to about 500 nM.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the ARBM has a dissociationconstant for binding the activating receptor or a ligand of theactivating receptor of from or from about 0.001 nM to 1000 nM, from orfrom about 0.01 nM to about 500 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about400 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about 100 nM, from or from about0.01 nM to about 50 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about 10 nM, fromor from about 0.01 nM to about 1 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about0.1 nM, is from or from about 0.1 nM to about 500 nM, from or from about0.1 nM to about 400 nM, from or from about 0.1 nM to about 100 nM, fromor from about 0.1 nM to about 50 nM, from or from about 0.1 nM to about10 nM, from or from about 0.1 nM to about 1 nM, from or from about 0.5nM to about 200 nM, from or from about 1 nM to about 500 nM, from orfrom about 1 nM to about 100 nM, from or from about 1 nM to about 50 nM,from or from about 1 nM to about 10 nM, from or from about 2 nM to about50 nM, from or from about 10 nM to about 500 nM, from or from about 10nM to about 100 nM, from or from about 10 nM to about 50 nM, from orfrom about 50 nM to about 500 nM, from or from about 50 nM to about 100nM or from or from about 100 nM to about 500 nM.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteinattenuates, decreases or reduces an immune response. In someembodiments, the immune response is a T cell response. In someembodiments, a reduced, decreased or attenuated T cell response includesone or more of cell cycle inhibition, reduced cell survival, reducedcell proliferation, reduced cytokine production (e.g. IFN-gamma orIL-2), or reduced T-cell cytotoxicity. In some embodiments, the reducedactivity is observed in vitro in a primary T cell activation assays,such as in a Jurkat reporter assay, SEB assay or mixed lymphocytereaction (MLR) assay. In some embodiments, the activity is reduced by atleast 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or 100% compared tothe activity in the same assay in the absence of the immunomodulatoryprotein. In some embodiments, the activity is reduced by at least 10%,20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or 100% compared to the activityin the same assay presence of a control in which the control is aprotein that is known or suspected not to modulate T cell activity, e.g.an Fc only control. In some embodiments, the activity is reduced to alevel that is greater than the reduction observed by a referenceimmunomodulatory protein containing only the ARBM or containing only theIRBM, such as is reduced by greater than or greater than about 1.2-fold,1.3-fold, 1.4-fold, 1.5-fold, 2.0-fold, 3.0-fold, 4.0-fold 5.0-fold ormore compared to the reference immunomodulatory protein.

In some of any such embodiments, upon contact of the immunomodulatoryprotein with the immune cell, the immunomodulatory protein proximalizesassociation of the inhibitory receptor and activating receptor by theimmune cell. In some cases, upon contact of the immunomodulatory proteinwith the immune cell, the immunomodulatory protein recruits acytoplasmic protein tyrosine phosphatase to the intracellular region ofthe inhibitory receptor, optionally wherein the protein tyrosinephosphatase is a SHP-1 or SHP-2. In some of any such embodiments, theimmune cell is a T cell. In some embodiments, contact of theimmunomodulatory protein and immune cell is in vitro or in vivo.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, binding of the IRBM of theimmunomodulatory protein to the inhibitory receptor on the immune cellblocks or antagonizes binding between the inhibitory receptor and itscognate ligand. In some such embodiments, the cognate ligand isexpressed on an antigen presenting cell. In some such embodiments, theimmune cell is a T cell.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, binding of the ARBM of theimmunomodulatory protein to the activating receptor on the immune cellblocks or antagonizes binding between the activating receptor and itscognate ligand. In some such embodiments, the cognate ligand isexpressed on an antigen presenting cell. In some such embodiments, theimmune cell is a T cell.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, binding of the ARBM of theimmunomodulatory protein to the ligand of an activating receptor, inwhich said activating receptor is expressed on the immune cell, blocksor antagonizes binding between the activating receptor and the ligand.In some such embodiments, the ligand is expressed on an antigenpresenting cell. In some such embodiments, the immune cell is a T cell.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteinincreases an immune response. In some embodiments, the immune responseis a T cell response. In some embodiments, an increased T cell responseincludes one or more of increased cell activation, increased celldifferentiation, increased or greater cell survival, increased cellproliferation, increased cytokine production (e.g. IFN-gamma or IL-2),or increased T-cell cytotoxicity. In some embodiments, the increasedactivity is observed in vitro in a primary T cell activation assays,such as in a Jurkat reporter assay, SEB assay or mixed lymphocytereaction (MLR) assay. In some embodiments, the activity is increased byat least 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or 100% comparedto the activity in the same assay in the absence of the immunomodulatoryprotein. In some embodiments, the activity is increased by at least 10%,20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or 100% compared to the activityin the same assay in the presence of a control in which the control is aprotein that is known or suspected not to modulate T cell activity, e.g.an Fc only control. In some embodiments, the activity is increased to alevel that is greater than the reduction observed by a referenceimmunomodulatory protein containing only the ARBM or containing only theIRBM, such as is increased by greater than or greater than about1.2-fold, 1.3-fold, 1.4-fold, 1.5-fold, 2.0-fold, 3.0-fold, 4.0-fold5.0-fold or more compared to the reference immunomodulatory protein.

Provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding any of the providedimmunomodulatory proteins. In some cases, the nucleic acid molecule is asynthetic nucleic acid. In some cases, the nucleic acid molecule is acDNA. In some of any of the provided embodiments, the nucleic acidincludes any having a DNA SEQ ID NO set forth in any of Tables E2, E3A,E3B, E4 or E5.

Provided are vectors containing any of the provided nucleic acidmolecules. In some cases, the vector is an expression vector. In someembodiments, the vector is a mammalian expression vector or a viralvector.

Provided are cells containing any of the provided nucleic acidmolecules. Provided are cells containing any of the provided vectors. Insome cases, the cell is a mammalian cell. In some embodiments, the cellis a human cell.

Provided are methods of producing an immunomodulatory protein includingintroducing any of the provided nucleic acid molecules or vectors into ahost cell under conditions to express the protein in the cell. In somecases, the method further includes isolating or purifying theimmunomodulatory protein from the cell.

Provided are methods of engineering a cell expressing animmunomodulatory protein including introducing a nucleic acid moleculeencoding a polypeptide or polypeptides of any of the providedimmunomodulatory proteins into a host cell under conditions in which thepolypeptide is expressed in the cell.

Provided are engineered cells expressing any of the providedimmunomodulatory proteins, nucleic acid molecules, or vectors. In somecases, the immunomodulatory protein is capable of being secreted fromthe engineered cell. In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteindoes not contain a cytoplasmic signaling domain or transmembrane domainand/or is not capable of mediating or modulating an intracellular signalwhen secreted from a cell. In some embodiments, the cell is an immunecell. In some embodiments, the immune cell is a lymphocyte. In someembodiments, the lymphocyte is a T cell. In some examples, the T cell isa CD4+ and/or CD8+ T cell. In some examples, the T cell is a regulatoryT cell (Treg). In some embodiments, the engineered cell is a primarycell. In some embodiments, the cell is a mammalian cell. In someembodiments, the cell is a human cell. In some embodiments, theengineered cell further contains a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). Insome embodiments, the engineered cell further contains an engineeredT-cell receptor (TCR).

Provided are infectious agents containing a nucleic acid moleculeencoding any of the provided immunomodulatory proteins. In someembodiments, the infectious agent is a bacterium or a virus.

Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing any of theprovided immunomodulatory proteins. Also provided are pharmaceuticalcompositions containing any of the provided engineered cells. Alsoprovided are pharmaceutical compositions containing any of the providedinfectious agents. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositionfurther contains a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. In someembodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is sterile.

Provided are articles of manufacture containing any of the providedpharmaceutical compositions in a vial or container. In some cases, thevial or container is sealed.

Provided are kits containing any of the provided pharmaceuticalcompositions and instructions for use. Also provided are kits containingany of the provided articles of manufacture and instructions for use.

Provided are methods of modulating an immune response in a subjectincluding administering any of the provided immunomodulatory proteins tothe subject. Provided are methods of modulating an immune response in asubject including administering any of the provided pharmaceuticalcompositions to the subject. Also provided are methods of modulating animmune response in a subject, including administering any of theprovided engineered cells. In some cases, the engineered cells areautologous to the subject. In some embodiments, the engineered cells areallogenic to the subject.

In some of any of the provided embodiments, modulating the immuneresponse treats a disease or condition in the subject. In some cases,the immune response is decreased. Also provided are methods of treatinga disease or condition in a subject including administering any of theprovided immunomodulatory proteins to the subject. Also provided aremethods of treating a disease or condition in a subject includingadministering any of the provided pharmaceutical compositions to thesubject. In some embodiments, the disease or condition is aninflammatory or autoimmune disease or condition, or is a disease orcondition associated with an overactive immune response. In someembodiments, the disease or condition is an Antineutrophil cytoplasmicantibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, a vasculitis, an autoimmuneskin disease, transplantation, a Rheumatic disease, a thyroiditis, aninflammatory gastrointestinal disease, an inflammatory eye disease, aninflammatory neurological disease, an inflammatory pulmonary disease, aninflammatory endocrine disease, an autoimmune hematological disease, anautoimmune demyelinating disease, or an autoimmune disease involving asystemic autoimmune disorder.

In some examples, the disease or condition is selected from amonginflammatory bowel disease, transplant, Crohn's disease, ulcerativecolitis, asthma, autoimmune asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis,lupus erythematosus, celiac disease, type I diabetes mellitus,Guillain-Barre syndrome, Chronic inflammatory demyelinatingpolyneuropathy, Graves' disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, DeQuervainsthyroiditis, myasthenia gravis, Vasculitis, autoimmune hemolytic anemia,autoimmune atrophic gastritis of pernicious anemia, autoimmuneencephalomyelitis, autoimmune orchitis, Goodpasture's disease,autoimmune thrombocytopenia, sympathetic opthalmia, primary biliarycirrhosis, chronic aggressive hepatitis, membranous glomerulopathy,primary idiopathic myxedema, scleroderma, chronic hepatitis, Addison'sdisease, hypogonadism, pernicious anemia, vitiligo, alopecia areata,autoimmune enteropathy syndrome, idiopathic thrombocytic purpura,acquired splenic atrophy, idiopathic diabetes insipidus, infertility dueto antispermatazoan antibodies, sensoneural hearing loss, Sjogren'ssyndrome, polymyositis, multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, ataxicsclerosis, pemphigus, progressive systemic sclerosis, dermatomyositis,polyarteritis nodosa, hemolytic anemia, glomerular nephritis, andidiopathic facial paralysis. In some cases, the disease or condition isa vasculitis that is a giant cell arteritis (GCA).

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein increases an immuneresponse in the subject. In some embodiments, the disease or conditionis a cancer.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A depicts the proximalization of ITIM bearing inhibitory receptorswith activating receptors on T cells or the inhibitory ligand andactivating ligand of such receptors on APC to make possible attenuationof T cell activation and/or tolerance induction. FIG. 1B depicts a cisbinding strategy where the multi-domain immunomodulatory protein targetsthe inhibitory receptor (e.g. PD-1) and activating receptor (e.g. CD3,CD4 or CD28) on T cells, which, in some cases, proximalize or clusterthe inhibitory receptor and the activating receptor on the surface ofthe same T cell and a trans binding strategy where the multi-domainimmunomodulatory protein targets the inhibitory receptor (e.g. PD-1) onthe T cell and a ligand of the activating receptor (e.g. CD80 or CD86)on an antigen-presenting cell (APC).

FIG. 2 depicts binding of the multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins ina cis binding strategy where an ARBM (e.g., ICOSL) binds the activatingreceptor (e.g. CD28) and an IRBM (e.g., PD-L1 or PD-L2) binds theinhibitory receptor (e.g., PD-1).

FIG. 3A depicts a reporter assay (Assay #1) used to assess activity ofexemplary multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins where Jurkat reportercells expressing an IL-2-luciferase reporter were incubated withartificial antigen presenting cells (aAPC) displaying cell surfaceanti-CD3 single chain Fv (OKT3) and CD80 (K562/OKT3/CD80 aAPC). FIG. 3Bdepicts a reporter assay (Assay #2) used to assess activity of exemplarymulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins where Jurkat reporter cells wereadditionally transfected with PD-1 and incubated with the K562/OKT3/CD80aAPCs. The two assays were used to distinguish between inhibitoryactivity due to blockade of CD28 signaling versus inhibitory activityvia activity of the PD-1-binding IRBM.

FIGS. 4A-4B show results from assessing exemplary PD-L1/PD-L2 and CTLA-4multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins in the Jurkat/IL2 (Assay #1) andJurkat/IL2/PD-1 (Assay #2) reporter assays.

FIGS. 5A-5B and 6A-6B show results from assessing multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins containing a PD-L1 IgV or a PD-L2 IgV andICOSL IgV, generated as monomeric proteins in the Jurkat/IL2 (Assay #1)and Jurkat/IL2/PD-1 (Assay #2) reporter assays.

FIG. 7 depicts results from the Jurkat/IL2/PD-1 reporter assay (Assay#2) carried out in the presence of a PD-1 blocking antibodydemonstrating PD-1 specificity for exemplary multi-domainimmunomodulatory molecules containing PD-L1 IgV/PD-L2 IgV andCTLA-4-ECD.

FIGS. 8A-8C show results from assessing multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins containing PD-L1 IgV/PD-L2 IgV and CD80/CD86 IgV generated asmonomeric proteins in the Jurkat/IL2/PD-1 (Assay #2) reporter assay.

FIGS. 9A-9C show results from a PD-1/CD28 proximalization assay using abeta-Galactosidase (beta-Gal) Enzyme Fragment Complementation system toassess effects of exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatory proteincontaining PD-L1/PD-L2 and ICOSL IgV upon binding to its targets.

FIGS. 10A-10B show results from a Jurkat PD-1 SHP2 Signaling Assay toassess the effect of the multi-domain immunomodulatory protein (PD-L1303-ICOSL 2264) to recruit the cytoplasmic protein tryosine phosphatase,SHP-1 or SHP-2, to PD-1.

FIGS. 11A-11B show results from assessment of binding ofimmunomodulatory proteins containing PD-L1 IgV/PD-L2 IgV and CTLA-4 tobinding partners PD-1 and/or CD80.

FIG. 12A-12B show results from assessing multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins containing a PD-L1 IgV or a PD-L2 IgV and CTLA-4 ECD, generatedas multimeric homodimer immunomodulatory proteins in the Jurkat/IL2(Assay #1) and Jurkat/IL2/PD-1 (Assay #2) reporter assays.

FIG. 13A-13B show results from assessing multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins containing a PD-L1 IgV or a PD-L2 IgV and CTLA-4 ECD, generatedas multimeric homodimer immunomodulatory proteins in the Jurkat/IL2/PD-1(Assay #2) reporter assay.

FIGS. 14A-14B, 15A-15B, and 16A-16B show results from assessingmulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins containing a PD-L1 IgV or a PD-L2IgV and ICOSL IgV, generated as multimeric homodimer immunomodulatoryproteins in the Jurkat/IL2 (Assay #1) and Jurkat/IL2/PD-1 (Assay #2)reporter assays.

FIG. 17A-17C show results from a Jurkat PD-1 SHP2 Signaling Assay toassess the effect of monomeric or multimeric heterodimer PD-L1-ICOSLmulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins to recruit the cytoplasmicprotein tryosine phosphatase, SHP-2, to PD-1.

FIG. 18 shows results from a Jurkat PD-1 SHP2 Signaling Assay to assessthe effect of monomeric or multimeric heterodimer PD-L1-CTLA-4multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins to recruit the cytoplasmicprotein tryrosine phosphatase, SHP-2, to PD-1.

FIG. 19A-19B shows results from an assay using a beta-Galactosidase(beta-Gal) Enzyme Fragment Complementation system to assess the effectof immunomodulatory proteins on colocalization of CD28 and PD-1.

FIG. 20 shows results from a Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) assayassessing bioactivity of PD-L1, ICOSL and/or CTLA-4-containingmulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins.

FIG. 21A-21E shows results from a Jurkat/IL and Jurkat/IL2/PD1stimulation assay using exemplary PD-L1-CTLA4 and PD-L1-ICOSLmultidomain immunomodulatory proteins.

FIG. 22A-22E shows results from a Jurkat/IL2 and Jurkat/IL2/PD1 assayusing using exemplary CD58-PD-L1 and CD58-ICOSL multidomainimmunomodulatory proteins.

FIG. 23A-23E shows results from a Jurkat/IL2 and Jurkat/IL2/PD1 assayusing exemplary CD155-CTLA-4, CD155-CD58, and CD155-ICOSL multidomainimmunomodulatory proteins.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Provided herein are multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins that arecapable of binding to two or more protein cell surface molecules tomodulate, e.g. suppress, immunological immune responses. In someembodiments, the cell surface molecules are cell surface proteinsexpressed by immune cells, such as T lymphocytes, that engage with oneor more other immune receptor or ligand, e.g. on antigen-presentingcells, to induce inhibitory or activating signals. For example, theinteraction of certain receptors on lymphocytes with their cognate cellsurface ligands to form an immunological synapse (IS) betweenantigen-presenting cells (APCs) or target cells and lymphocytes canprovide costimulatory or inhibitory signals that can regulate the immunesystem. In some aspects, the multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinsprovided herein can alter the interaction of cell surface proteinligands with their receptors and/or alter the cell signal(s) induced ina cell to thereby modulate immune cells, such as T cell, activity. Insome embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteins provided herein can beused for the treatment of diseases or conditions that are associatedwith a dysregulated immune response, such as autoimmune symptoms or anautoimmune disease.

In general, antigen specific T-cell activation generally requires twodistinct signals. The first signal is provided by the interaction of theT-cell receptor (TCR) with major histocompatibility complex (MHC)associated antigens present on antigen presenting cells (APCs). Thesecond signal is costimulatory to TCR engagement and is necessary for Tcell proliferation, differentiation and/or survival, including, in somecases, to avoid T-cell apoptosis or anergy. In some embodiments, undernormal physiological conditions, the T cell-mediated immune response isinitiated by antigen recognition by the T cell receptor (TCR) and isregulated by a balance of co-stimulatory activating signals andinhibitory signals (i.e., immune checkpoint proteins).

Among activating receptors on T cells are the costimulatory receptorCD28, which binds to costimulatory ligands CD80 (also called B7-1) andCD86 (also called B7-2), and promotes activation of naïve T cells in thepresence of a TCR signal. T cell activation, however, can be attenuatedby engagement of inhibitory receptors, such as PD-1, CTLA-4 or TIGIT.For example, CTLA-4 competes with CD28 for binding of CD80 and CD86 toinduce negative regulation of T cell activation. When CTLA-4 binds CD80and/or CD86, and prevents CD28 from binding its cognate ligands, T cellsdo not effectively transmit the activating signaling cascade, and T cellactivation and effector function can be eliminated or attenuated. Insome cases, engagement of PD-1, expressed on NK cells and T cells, byits ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2, negatively regulate immune activation toinhibit activation, including by inhibiting cytolytic activity,proliferation and/or cytokine production. Similarly, TIGIT, which alsocan be expressed on NK cells and T cells, can suppress or inhibit thecytolytic activity of NK cells and T cells, T cell proliferation and/orproinflammatory cytokine production via engagement by its ligands CD112or CD155. Inhibitory receptor ligands are, in some cases, expressed onantigen presenting cells, such that the ability to negatively regulatean immune response is often dependent on cells expressing activating orinhibitory receptors being present in the same space at the same time.

The immune system relies on immune checkpoints to prevent autoimmunity(i.e., self-tolerance) and to protect tissues from excessive damageduring an immune response, for example during an attack against apathogenic infection. In some cases, however, the immune system canbecome dysregulated and an abnormal immune response can be mountedagainst a normal body part or tissue, resulting in an autoimmune diseaseor condition or autoimmune symptoms. In other cases an unwanted immuneresponse can be mounted to a foreign tissue, such as a transplant,resulting in transplant rejection.

In some aspects, immunotherapy that alters immune cell activity, such asT cell activity, can treat certain diseases and conditions in which theimmune response is dysregulated. In particular, inhibition orattenuation of an immune response, such as a T cell response, could bedesirable to reduce or prevent unwanted autoimmune symptoms and/ortransplant rejection. Therapeutic approaches that seek to modulateinteractions in the IS, however, are not entirely satisfactory. In somecases, therapies to intervene and alter the immunomodulatory effects ofimmune cell, e.g. T cell, activation are constrained by the spatialorientation requirements as well as size limitations imposed by theconfines of the immunological synapse. In some aspects, existingtherapeutic drugs, including antibody drugs, may not be able to interactsimultaneously with the multiple target proteins involved in modulatingthese interactions. For example, soluble receptors and antibodiesgenerally bind competitively (e.g., to no more than one target speciesat a time) and therefore lack the ability to simultaneously bindmultiple targets. And while bispecific antibodies, as well as modalitiescomprising dual antigen binding regions, can bind to more than onetarget molecule simultaneously, the three-dimensional configurationtypical of these modalities often precludes them intervening in keyprocesses occurring in the IS in a manner consistent with their temporaland spatial requirements. Additionally, pharmacokinetic differencesbetween drugs that independently target one of these receptors cancreate difficulties in properly maintaining a desired bloodconcentration of a drug combination targeting two different targetsthroughout the course of treatment.

Further, in some cases, existing therapeutic drugs may only have theability to antagonize but not agonize an immune response. For example,the inhibitory receptor PD-1 has proven to be an effective inhibitorycheckpoint receptor that regulates T cell activation. Therapeuticmolecules that antagonize PD-1/PD-L1 interactions have proven to beefficacious in stimulating patient immune responses towards tumors.Therapeutic molecules targeting PD-1 or its ligands, however, have notbeen demonstrated to do the reverse, such as to mediate an inhibitorysignal intrinsically into the T cell to attenuate an immune response.Such a therapeutic molecule would be desirable for use in treatinginflammatory or autoimmune diseases or conditions.

Thus, there is a need for therapeutic molecules that have thespecificity and affinity of antibodies or soluble receptors but, inaddition, attenuate immune responses intrinsically through an immunecell, such as a T cell. It is contemplated herein that the inability formolecules targeting inhibitory receptors, such as PD-1, to delivernegative signals into a cell is due to the inability of such moleculesto proximalize signaling of an inhibitory and activating receptor in thecell. Inhibitory receptors contain an immunoreceptor tyrosine-basedinhibitory motif (ITIM), which when phosphorylated upon engagement ofthe inhibitor receptor by a ligand, can recruit phosphotyrosinephosphatases, such as a SHP-1 or SHP-2. Recruiting phosphatases canattenuate activating signaling cascades when the ITIM bearing receptorsare in close proximity to the activating receptor (see FIGS. 1A, 1B, and2 ). It is believed that, in some aspects, monoclonal antibodies may notbe efficacious as PD-1 agonists because simply cross-linking theinhibitory receptor does not facilitate inhibitory activity.

The provided embodiments are based on findings that strategies thatphysically proximalize the inhibitory and the activating receptor of thesurface of the same immune cell, such as a T cell, include the uses ofreagents that can bind both the inhibitory and activating receptor. Insome embodiments, binding of both the inhibitory and activating receptorcan keep the ITIM and ITAM signaling components in close proximity,including, in some cases for extended periods of time, and thereby favorphosphatase dependent dephosphorylation of the activating receptorsignaling cascades to attenuate immune responses.

Provided are therapeutic molecules that, in some embodiments, bind bothT-cell activation signaling components, such as the activating receptoror its ligand, and inhibitory receptors. In some cases, the inhibitoryreceptor is an ITIM containing receptor and the activating receptor is amolecule that contains an ITAM and/or that associates or interacts withan adaptor protein involved in or regulating a tyrosine phosphorylationsignaling cascade in the cell (e.g. T cell). In some embodiments, theprovided immunomodulatory proteins contain at least two bindingmolecules: (1) an activating receptor binding molecule (ARBM) that isspecific for an activating receptor or a ligand of the activatingreceptor and (2) an inhibitory receptor binding molecule (IRBM) that isspecific for an inhibitory receptor. In some embodiments, the ARBM andIRBM are distinct or different polypeptides that independently binddifferent target cell surface molecules. In some aspects, the bindingcan occur simultaneously or in a non-competitive manner. In someembodiments, the activating receptor and inhibitory receptor areexpressed on the same cell, e.g. a T cell, such that interactions of theARBM and IRBM with their target cell surface molecules can physicallyproximalize the inhibitory receptor and activating receptor on thesurface of the immune cells, e.g. T cell. In some cases, the closeproximity of the inhibitory and activating receptors induced by bindingof the immunomodulatory protein to its target cell surface moleculesrecruits a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine phosphatase to the intracellularregion of the inhibitory receptor and/or favors phosphatase dependentphosphorylation of the activating receptor signaling cascades. In someembodiments, binding of the immunomodulatory protein to a target cellexpressing the activating receptor and inhibitor receptor, such as a Tcells, can lead to attenuation of immune responses, such as attenuationof T cell responses.

In some embodiments, the provided multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinscan interact with the activating receptor/ligand in cis or in trans(FIGS. 1A and 1B). In some aspects, a cis strategy can be employed inwhich the IRBM binds to an inhibitory receptor (e.g. PD-1) and the ARBMbinds to an activating receptor (e.g. CD3/CD4/CD28) on the surface ofthe same cell, e.g. same T cell. In some aspects, such embodimentsbenefit from the ability to bind multiple IS targets (e.g., aninhibitory and activating receptor) in a manner that is not dependent onthe presence of other immune cells. In some aspects a trans strategy canbe employed in which the IRBM binds an inhibitory receptor (e.g. PD-1)on a cell, e.g. T cell, that also expresses an activating receptor, andthe ARBM binds to a ligand of the activating receptor found on anothercell, such as an antigen presenting cell (APC). An exemplaryimmunomodulatory molecule that can act in a trans strategy includes onecontaining an IRBM that binds to an inhibitory receptor (e.g. PD-1) andan ARBM targeting a B7 costimulatory ligand (e.g. CD80 or CD86) on theAPC to localize the CD28 costimulatory receptor and the inhibitoryreceptor to the immune synapse to attenuate the response. Similar transstrategies can use ARBM molecules targeting other activating ligands onan antigen presenting cell, such as an MHC molecule. In some cases, thetrans strategy also may antagonize B7/CD28 signaling, thereby regulatingTCR and CD28 activating signaling cascades.

In particular aspects, the provided immunomodulatory proteins provide animmunotherapy platform using binding domains of wild-type or affinitymodified native immune ligands or receptors as the IRBM and/or ARBMcomponent. In some aspects, the binding domain is or includes animmunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) domain of an IgSF family member. Insome aspects, the IgSF domain excludes those found in antibodies (i.e.,immunoglobulins), such that the provided embodiments include embodimentsthat relate to immunomodulatory proteins containing non-immunoglobulin(i.e., non-antibody) IgSF domains. Wild-type mammalian IgSF familymembers that are not immunoglobulins (i.e. antibodies) are known as aretheir nucleic and amino acid sequences. In some embodiments, thenon-immunoglobulin IgSF family members, and the corresponding IgSFdomains present therein, are of mouse, rat, cynomolgus monkey, or humanorigin. In some embodiments, the IgSF family members are members of anIgSF subfamily such as: Signal-Regulatory Protein (SIRP) Family,Triggering Receptor Expressed On Myeloid Cells Like (TREML) Family,Carcinoembryonic Antigen-related Cell Adhesion Molecule (CEACAM) Family,Sialic Acid Binding Ig-Like Lectin (SIGLEC) Family, Butyrophilin Family,B7 family, CD28 family, V-set and Immunoglobulin Domain Containing(VSIG) family, V-set transmembrane Domain (VSTM) family, MajorHistocompatibility Complex (MHC) family, Signaling lymphocyticactivation molecule (SLAM) family, Leukocyte immunoglobulin-likereceptor (LIR), Nectin (Nec) family, Nectin-like (NECL) family,Poliovirus receptor related (PVR) family, Natural cytotoxicitytriggering receptor (NCR) family, or Killer-cell immunoglobulin-likereceptors (KIR) family. For purposes herein, the IgSF domain is onewhose binding partner is an activating receptor or a ligand of anactivating receptor or is an inhibitory receptor.

In some embodiments, non-immunoglobulin IgSF family members, and thecorresponding IgSF domains present therein, of an immunomodulatoryproteins provided herein, are affinity-modified compared to a mammalianIgSF member. The affinity-modified IgSF domains include IgSF domainsthat are modified, such as by one or more amino acid substitution, tobind with tunable affinities to one or more of their cognate bindingpartner. An IgSF domain can be affinity modified to independentlyincrease or decrease specific binding affinity or avidity to each of themultiple cognate binding partners to which it binds. By this mechanism,specific binding to each of multiple cognate binding partners isindependently tuned to a particular affinity or avidity. Exemplaryaffinity-modified or variant IgSF domains having altered, such asincreased, binding activity to one or more cognate binding partners areknown (e.g. International published PCT App. Nos. WO 2016/168771, WO2017/181148 and WO 2017/181152) or are described.

In some aspects, the provided immunomodulatory proteins containing oneor more IgSF domain based on an immune system molecule, such as humanimmune system molecule, themselves are more likely to retain theirability to normally assemble into key pathways of the immune synapse andmaintain normal interactions and regulatory functions, in part, becausethey are based on natural components of the immune synapse. Further, therelatively small molecular weight of individual IgSF domain may bebeneficial in bringing two receptors together in close enough proximity,such as to induce or mediate phosphatase regulatory activity. Suchfeatures may not be possible with antibodies, including next-generationbispecific regents, due to the relatively large size of antibodies aswell as from the fact that antibodies are not natural components of theimmune synapse.

In some embodiments, the provided immunomodulatory proteins are singlepolypeptide fusions or monomers containing the IRBM or ARBM, which insome cases, can be tagged with a detectable moiety, such as a flagand/or his tag. In some aspects, such single polypeptide fusion ormonomer formats minimize the size of the immunomodulatory protein and/oravoid steric issues that may result from other formats, including thoseinvolving larger molecules, such as dimeric molecules, e.g. moleculescontaining a multimerization domain, such as an Fc domain. In somecases, such polypeptide fusions can be made in various orientations,e.g. IRBM-ARBM or ARBM-IRBM, to create optimal binding pairs. Further,in some aspects, multiple IRBM and/or ARBM, such as independently two ormore, such as 2, 3, 4, 5 or more IRBM or ARBM binding domain, e.g. IgSFdomain, can be configured in a single polypeptide molecule to increaseor improve binding affinity or avidity of one or both components, e.g.IRBM-IRBM-IRBM-ARBM.

In some aspects, the immunomodulatory proteins are provided as a dimericprotein. Generally, such formats are generated as a heterodimer, e.g.heterodimeric Fc fusion protein, such as to avoid dimeric binding of theactivating receptor (e.g. CD28), which could result in unwanted firingof activating receptor. In some aspects, a heterodimericimmunomodulatory protein, while larger, may exhibit pharmacodynamicsadvantages, such as increased half-life.

In some aspects, the immunomodulatory proteins provided herein havetherapeutic utility by attenuating immunological activity in a mammalwith a disease or disorder in which modulation of the immune systemresponse is beneficial. In some embodiments, the disease or condition isan inflammatory or autoimmune disease or condition.

All publications, including patents, patent applications scientificarticles and databases, mentioned in this specification are hereinincorporated by reference in their entirety for all purposes to the sameextent as if each individual publication, including patent, patentapplication, scientific article or database, were specifically andindividually indicated to be incorporated by reference. If a definitionset forth herein is contrary to or otherwise inconsistent with adefinition set forth in the patents, applications, publishedapplications and other publications that are herein incorporated byreference, the definition set forth herein prevails over the definitionthat is incorporated herein by reference.

The section headings used herein are for organizational purposes onlyand are not to be construed as limiting the subject matter described.Further various embodiments of the invention as discussed below arefrequently provided. Thus, the headings, the order of presentation ofthe various aspects and embodiments, and the separate disclosure of eachindependent attribute is not meant to be a limitation to the scope ofthe present disclosure.

Definitions

Unless defined otherwise, all terms of art, notations and othertechnical and scientific terms or terminology used herein are intendedto have the same meaning as is commonly understood by one of ordinaryskill in the art to which the claimed subject matter pertains. In somecases, terms with commonly understood meanings are defined herein forclarity and/or for ready reference, and the inclusion of suchdefinitions herein should not necessarily be construed to represent asubstantial difference over what is generally understood in the art.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms, acronyms,and abbreviations used herein have the same meaning as commonlyunderstood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the inventionpertains. Unless indicated otherwise, abbreviations and symbols forchemical and biochemical names are per IUPAC-IUB nomenclature. Unlessindicated otherwise, all numerical ranges are inclusive of the valuesdefining the range as well as all integer values in-between.

As used in the specification and the appended claims, the singular forms“a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearlyindicates otherwise.

The term “about” as used herein refers to the usual error range for therespective value readily known to the skilled person in this technicalfield. Reference to “about” a value or parameter herein includes (anddescribes) embodiments that are directed to that value or parameter perse. For example, description referring to “about X” includes descriptionof “X”.

As used herein, an “activating receptor” refers to a cell surfacemolecule in which engagement or ligation of the molecule results in thedirect or indirect activation of one or more tyrosine kinases in animmune cell and/or culminates in the induction or potentiation of one ormore effector cell functions in an immune cell in which it is expressed.An activating receptor generally contains an extracellular portion, atransmembrane domain and cytoplasmic region. In some embodiments, thecytoplasmic region contains an intracellular signaling domain thatcontains an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM;defined by the sequence YXX(L/I)X6-8YXX(L/I)) or that otherwise iscapable of interacting with or associating with one or more accessoryproteins, such as one or more adaptor proteins, involved in orregulating tyrosine phosphorylation in a signal transduction pathway. Insome cases, an activating receptor interacts with or associates with anadaptor protein that contains an ITAM or an adaptor protein thatcontains one or more protein-binding domains, such as e.g., Src homology2 (SH2) and SH3 domains, that bind specific amino acid sequences, e.gphosphotyrosine residues, within a protein in a signal transductionpathway. Examples of adaptor proteins include, but are not limited to,Lck, Fyn, ZAP70, SLP76, PI3K, Grb2, PKCΘ and SHC1. Thus, it isunderstood that the activating receptor itself need not possessintrinsic enzymatic activity but may indirectly mediate enzymaticactivities via accessory or adaptor proteins. In some embodiments, anactivating receptor is a cell surface molecule on a T cell. Typically,engagement of an activating receptor initiates, mediates or potentiatesactivation of a cell resulting in a measurable morphological,phenotypic, and/or functional changes in the cell, such as a T cell,including cell proliferation, cytolytic activity, cytokine production orsecretion, or expression of cell surface molecules such as receptors oradhesion molecules. In some embodiments, an activating receptor includesa T cell receptor (TCR), CD3, CD4, CD8, CD28, ICOS, or CD2.

The term “activating receptor binding molecule” or ARBM refers to aprotein that specifically binds to an activating receptor or a ligand ofan activating receptor.

The term “affinity-modified” as used in the context of an immunoglobulinsuperfamily domain, means a mammalian immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF)domain having an altered amino acid sequence (relative to thecorresponding wild-type parental or unmodified IgSF domain) such that ithas an increased or decreased binding activity, such as binding affinityor avidity, to at least one of its binding partners (alternatively“counter-structures”) compared to the parental wild-type or unmodified(i.e., non-affinity modified) IgSF control domain. In some embodiments,the affinity-modified IgSF domain can contain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,28, 29, 30 or more amino acid differences, such as amino acidsubstitutions, in a wild-type or unmodified IgSF domain. An increase ordecrease in binding activity, e.g. binding affinity or avidity, can bedetermined using well known binding assays, including flow cytometry.Larsen et al., American Journal of Transplantation, Vol 5: 443-453(2005). See also, Linsley et al., Immunity, 1: 7930801 (1994). Anincrease in a protein's binding activity, e.g. affinity or avidity, toits binding partner(s) is to a value at least 10% greater than that ofthe wild-type IgSF domain control and in some embodiments, at least 20%,30%, 40%, 50%, 100%, 200%, 300%, 500%, 1000%, 5000%, or 10000% greaterthan that of the wild-type IgSF domain control value. A decrease in aprotein's binding activity, e.g. affinity or avidity, to at least one ofits binding partner is to a value no greater than 90% of the control butno less than 10% of the wild-type IgSF domain control value, and in someembodiments no greater than 80%, 70% 60%, 50%, 40%, 30%, or 20% but noless than 10% of the wild-type IgSF domain control value. Anaffinity-modified protein is altered in primary amino acid sequence bysubstitution, addition, or deletion of amino acid residues. The term“affinity-modified IgSF domain” is not be construed as imposing anycondition for any particular starting composition or method by which theaffinity-modified IgSF domain was created. Thus, the affinity-modifiedIgSF domains of the present invention are not limited to wild-type IgSFdomains that are then transformed to an affinity-modified IgSF domain byany particular process of affinity modification. An affinity-modifiedIgSF domain polypeptide can, for example, be generated starting fromwild-type mammalian IgSF domain sequence information, then modeled insilico for binding to its binding partner, and finally recombinantly orchemically synthesized to yield the affinity-modified IgSF domaincomposition of matter. In but one alternative example, anaffinity-modified IgSF domain can be created by site-directedmutagenesis of a wild-type IgSF domain. Thus, affinity modified IgSFdomain denotes a product and not necessarily a product produced by anygiven process. A variety of techniques including recombinant methods,chemical synthesis, or combinations thereof, may be employed.

The term “allogeneic” as used herein means a cell or tissue that isremoved from one organism and then infused or adoptively transferredinto a genetically dissimilar organism of the same species.

The term “autologous” as used herein means a cell or tissue that isremoved from the same organism to which it is later infused oradoptively transferred. An autologous cell or tissue can be altered by,for example, recombinant DNA methodologies, such that it is no longergenetically identical to the native cell or native tissue which isremoved from the organism. For example, a native autologous T-cell canbe genetically engineered by recombinant DNA techniques to become anautologous engineered cell expressing a immunomodulatory protein (whichcan be secreted from the engineered cell), which in some cases involvesengineering a T-cell or TIL (tumor infiltrating lymphocyte). Theengineered cell can then be infused into a patient from which the nativeT-cell was isolated. In some embodiments, the organism is human ormurine.

As used herein, “bind,” “bound” or grammatical variations thereof refersto the participation of a molecule in any attractive interaction withanother molecule, resulting in a stable association in which the twomolecules are in close proximity to one another. Binding includes, butis not limited to, non-covalent bonds, covalent bonds (such asreversible and irreversible covalent bonds), and includes interactionsbetween molecules such as, but not limited to, proteins, nucleic acids,carbohydrates, lipids, and small molecules, such as chemical compoundsincluding drugs.

As used herein, binding activity refer to characteristics of a molecule,e.g. a polypeptide, relating to whether or not, and how, it binds one ormore binding partners. A binding activity can include any measure ofbinding of one molecule for a binding partner. Binding activitiesinclude the ability to bind the binding partner(s), the affinity withwhich it binds to the binding partner (e.g. high affinity), the aviditywith which it binds to the binding partner, the strength of the bondwith the binding partner and/or specificity or selectivity for bindingwith the binding partner.

The term “binding affinity” as used herein means the specific bindingaffinity of a protein for its binding partner (i.e., itscounter-structure) under specific binding conditions. The bindingaffinity refers to the strength of the interaction between two or moremolecules, such as binding partners, typically the strength of thenoncovalent interactions between two binding partners. An increase orattenuation in binding affinity of an affinity-modified IgSF domain, oran immunomodulatory protein containing an affinity-modified IgSF domain,to a binding partner is determined relative to the binding affinity ofthe unmodified IgSF domain (e.g., the native or wild-type IgSF domain).Methods for determining binding affinity, or relative binding affinity,are known in art, solid-phase ELISA immunoassays, ForteBio Octet,Biacore measurements or flow cytometry. See, for example, Larsen et al.,American Journal of Transplantation, vol. 5: 443-453 (2005); Linsley etal., Immunity, Vol 1 (9): 793-801 (1994). In some embodiments, bindingaffinity can be measured by flow cytometry, such as based on a MeanFluorescence Intensity (MFI) in a binding assay.

The term “binding avidity” as used herein means the specific bindingavidity, of a protein for its binding partner (i.e., itscounter-structure) under specific binding conditions. In biochemicalkinetics avidity refers to the accumulated strength of multipleaffinities of individual non-covalent binding interactions, such asbetween an IgSF domain and its binding partner (i.e., itscounter-structure). As such, avidity is distinct from affinity, whichdescribes the strength of a single interaction.

The term “biological half-life” refers to the amount of time it takesfor a substance, such as an immunomodulatory protein, to lose half ofits pharmacologic or physiologic activity or concentration. Biologicalhalf-life can be affected by elimination, excretion, degradation (e.g.,enzymatic degradation/digestion) of the substance, or absorption andconcentration in certain organs or tissues of the body. In someembodiments, biological half-life can be assessed by determining thetime it takes for the blood plasma concentration of the substance toreach half its steady state level (“plasma half-life”). Conjugates thatcan be used to derivatize and increase the biological half-life of aprotein are known in the art and include, but are not limited to,multimerization domains (e.g. Fc), polyethylene glycol (PEG),hydroxyethyl starch (HES), XTEN (extended recombinant peptides; see,WO2013130683), human serum albumin (HSA), bovine serum albumin (BSA),lipids (acylation), and poly-Pro-Ala-Ser (PAS), polyglutamic acid(glutamylation).

The term “cell surface counter-structure” (alternatively “cell surfacebinding partner”) as used herein is a counter-structure (alternativelyis a binding partner) expressed on a mammalian cell. Typically, the cellsurface binding partner is a transmembrane protein. In some embodiments,the cell surface binding partner is a receptor.

The terms “binding partner” or “counter-structure” in reference to aprotein, such as an IgSF domain or an affinity-modified IgSF domain,refers to at least one molecule (typically a native mammalian protein)to which the referenced protein specifically binds under specificbinding conditions. In some aspects, an affinity-modified IgSF domain,or an immunomodulatory protein containing an affinity-modified IgSFdomain, specifically binds to the binding partner of the correspondingnative or wild-type IgSF domain but with increased or attenuatedaffinity. A “cell surface binding partner” is a binding partnerexpressed on a mammalian cell. Typically, the cell surface bindingpartner is a transmembrane protein. In some embodiments, the cellsurface binding partner is a receptor or a ligand of a receptorexpressed on and by cells, such as mammalian cells, forming theimmunological synapse, for example immune cells.

The term “cis” with reference to binding to cell surface moleculesrefers to binding to two or more different cell surface molecules, eachof which is present on the surface of the same cell. In someembodiments, cis means that the two or more cell surface molecules areexclusively on one or exclusively the other (but not both) of the twomammalian cells forming the IS.

The term “competitive binding” as used herein means that a protein iscapable of specifically binding to at least two binding partners butthat specific binding of one binding partner inhibits, such as preventsor precludes, simultaneous binding of the second binding partner. Thus,in some cases, it is not possible for a protein to bind the two bindingpartners at the same time. Generally, competitive binders contain thesame or overlapping binding site for binding but this is not arequirement. In some embodiments, competitive binding causes ameasurable inhibition (partial or complete) of specific binding of aprotein to one of its binding partner due to specific binding of asecond binding partner. A variety of methods are known to quantifycompetitive binding such as ELISA (enzyme linked immunosorbent assay) orForte-Bio Octet experimental systems.

The term “conservative amino acid substitution” as used herein means anamino acid substitution in which an amino acid residue is substituted byanother amino acid residue having a side chain R group with similarchemical properties (e.g., charge or hydrophobicity). Examples of groupsof amino acids that have side chains with similar chemical propertiesinclude 1) aliphatic side chains: glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, andisoleucine; 2) aliphatic-hydroxyl side chains: serine and threonine; 3)amide-containing side chains: asparagine and glutamine; 4) aromatic sidechains: phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan; 5) basic side chains:lysine, arginine, and histidine; 6) acidic side chains: aspartic acidand glutamic acid; and 7) sulfur-containing side chains: cysteine andmethionine. Conservative amino acids substitution groups are:valine-leucine-isoleucine, phenylalanine-tyrosine, lysine-arginine,alanine-valine, glutamate-aspartate, and asparagine-glutamine.

The term, “corresponding to” with reference to positions of a protein,such as recitation that nucleotides or amino acid positions “correspondto” nucleotides or amino acid positions in a disclosed sequence, such asset forth in the Sequence Listing, refers to nucleotides or amino acidpositions identified upon alignment with the disclosed sequence based onstructural sequence alignment or using a standard alignment algorithm,such as the GAP algorithm. By aligning the sequences, one skilled in theart can identify corresponding residues, for example, using conservedand identical amino acid residues as guides.

The term “cytokine” includes, e.g., but is not limited to, interleukins,interferons (IFN), chemokines, hematopoietic growth factors, tumornecrosis factors (TNF), and transforming growth factors. In general,these are small molecular weight proteins that regulate maturation,activation, proliferation, and differentiation of cells of the immunesystem.

The terms “decreased,” “reduced,” “suppressed” or “inhibits,” which canbe used interchangeably, as used herein in the context of animmunological activity of a mammalian lymphocyte in the presence of aprovided immunomodulatory protein means to decrease one or moreactivities of the lymphocyte, as compared to a control, such as anuntreated control or a control involving treatment with anothermolecule, such as a molecule containing an individual IgSF domain of animmunomodulatory protein or an alternative molecule, was employed underthe same conditions. A decreased activity can refer to one or more ofcell cycle inhibition, reduced cell survival, reduced cellproliferation, reduced cytokine production, or reduced T-cellcytotoxicity, such as by a statistically significant amount. In someembodiments, reference to reduced immunological activity means to reduceinterferon gamma (IFN-gamma) production compared to in the absence oftreatment, such as by a statistically significant amount. In someembodiments, the immunological activity can be assessed in a mixedlymphocyte reaction (MLR) assay. Methods of conducting MLR assays areknown in the art. Wang et al., Cancer Immunol Res. 2014 September:2(9):846-56. Other methods of assessing activities of lymphocytes areknown in the art, including any assay as described herein. In someembodiments, a decrease can be by at least 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%,35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or 100%, as compared to acontrol value, such as an untreated control value or a non-zero controlvalue.

The terms “derivatives” or “derivatized” refer to modification of animmunomodulatory protein by covalently linking it, directly orindirectly, so as to alter such characteristics as half-life,bioavailability, immunogenicity, solubility, toxicity, potency, orefficacy while retaining or enhancing its therapeutic benefit.Derivatives can be made by glycosylation, pegylation, lipidation, orFc-fusion. In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein is notderivatized. In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein is notconjugated to a half-life extending moiety, such as an Fc domain.

As used herein, “domain” (typically a sequence of three or more,generally 5 or 7 or more amino acids, such as 10 to 200 amino acidresidues) refers to a portion of a molecule, such as a protein orencoding nucleic acid, that is structurally and/or functionally distinctfrom other portions of the molecule and is identifiable. For example,domains include those portions of a polypeptide chain that can form anindependently folded structure within a protein made up of one or morestructural motifs and/or that is recognized by virtue of a functionalactivity, such as binding activity. A protein can have one, or more thanone, distinct domains. For example, a domain can be identified, definedor distinguished by homology of the primary sequence or structure torelated family members, such as homology to motifs. In another example,a domain can be distinguished by its function, such as an ability tointeract with a biomolecule, such as a cognate binding partner. A domainindependently can exhibit a biological function or activity such thatthe domain independently or fused to another molecule can perform anactivity, such as, for example binding. A domain can be a linearsequence of amino acids or a non-linear sequence of amino acids. Manypolypeptides contain a plurality of domains. Such domains are known, andcan be identified by those of skill in the art. For exemplificationherein, definitions are provided, but it is understood that it is wellwithin the skill in the art to recognize particular domains by name. Ifneeded appropriate software can be employed to identify domains. It isunderstood that reference to amino acids, including to a specificsequence set forth as a SEQ ID NO used to describe domain organizationof an IgSF domain are for illustrative purposes and are not meant tolimit the scope of the embodiments provided. It is understood thatpolypeptides and the description of domains thereof are theoreticallyderived based on homology analysis and alignments with similarmolecules. Also, in some cases, adjacent N- and/or C-terminal aminoacids of a given domain (e.g. ECD or IgV) also can be included in asequence of an IgSF domain, such as to ensure proper folding of thedomain when expressed. Thus, the exact locus can vary, and is notnecessarily the same for each protein. Hence, the specific IgSF domain,such as specific IgV domain or IgC domain, can be several amino acids(1-10, such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 amino acids) longer orshorter.

The term “ectodomain,” “extracellular domain,” or “ECD,” which are usedinterchangeably herein, refers to the region of a membrane protein, suchas a transmembrane protein, that lies outside the vesicular membrane(e.g., the space outside of a cell). Ectodomains often interact withspecific ligands or specific cell surface receptors, such as via abinding domain that specifically binds to the ligand or cell surfacereceptor. Ectodomains of members of the immunoglobulin superfamilycontain immunoglobulin domains.

The terms “effective amount” or “therapeutically effective amount” referto a quantity and/or concentration of a therapeutic composition of theinvention, such as containing an immunomodulatory protein or engineeredcells expressing an immunomodulatory protein, that when administered exvivo (by contact with a cell from a patient) or in vivo (byadministration into a patient) either alone (i.e., as a monotherapy) orin combination with additional therapeutic agents, yields astatistically significant inhibition of disease progression as, forexample, by ameliorating or eliminating symptoms and/or the cause of thedisease. An effective amount for treating a disease or disorder, such asan immune system disease or disorder, may be an amount that relieves,lessens, or alleviates at least one symptom or biological response oreffect associated with the disease or disorder, prevents progression ofthe disease or disorder, or improves physical functioning of thepatient. In the case of cell therapy, the effective amount is aneffective dose or number of cells administered to a patient. In someembodiments the patient is a human patient.

The term “endodomain” as used herein refers to the region found in somemembrane proteins, such as transmembrane proteins, that extends into theinterior space defined by the cell surface membrane. In mammalian cells,the endodomain is the cytoplasmic region of the membrane protein. Incells, the endodomain interacts with intracellular constituents and canbe play a role in signal transduction and thus, in some cases, can be anintracellular signaling domain. The endodomain of a cellulartransmembrane protein is alternately referred to as a cytoplasmicdomain, which, in some cases, can be a cytoplasmic signaling domain.

The term “enhanced” or “increased,” which can be used interchangeably,as used herein in the context of increasing immunological activity of amammalian lymphocyte in the presence of a molecule means to increase oneor more activities of the lymphocyte. An increased activity can be oneor more of an increase cell survival, cell proliferation, cytokineproduction, or T-cell cytotoxicity, such as by a statisticallysignificant amount. In some embodiments, reference to increasedimmunological activity means to increase interferon gamma (IFN-gamma)production, such as by a statistically significant amount. Typically,the increase is relative to or compared to a control, such as anuntreated control or a control involving treatment with anothermolecule. Methods of assessing activities of lymphocytes are known inthe art, including any assay as described herein. In some embodiments anenhancement can be an increase of at least 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 75%,100%, 200%, 300%, 400%, or 500% greater than a non-zero control value.

The term “engineered cell” as used herein refers to a mammalian cellthat has been genetically modified by human intervention such as byrecombinant DNA methods or viral transduction. In some embodiments, theengineered cell is an immune cell, such as a lymphocyte (e.g. T cell, Bcell, NK cell) or an antigen presenting cell (e.g. dendritic cell). Thecell can be a primary cell from a patient or can be a cell line. In someembodiments, an engineered cell is capable of expressing and secreting aimmunomodulatory protein as described herein.

The term “engineered T-cell” as used herein refers to a T-cell such as aT helper cell, cytotoxic T-cell (alternatively, cytotoxic T lymphocyteor CTL), natural killer T-cell, regulatory T-cell, memory T-cell, orgamma delta T-cell, that has been genetically modified by humanintervention such as by recombinant DNA methods. In some embodiments, anengineered T-cell is capable of expressing and secreting animmunomodulatory protein as described herein.

As used herein, a fusion protein refers to a polypeptide encoded by anucleic acid sequence containing a coding sequence for two or moreproteins, in some cases 2, 3, 4, 5 or more protein, in which the codingsequences are in the same reading frame such that when the fusionconstruct is transcribed and translated in a host cell, the protein isproduced containing the two or more proteins. Each of the two or moreproteins can be adjacent to another protein in the construct orseparated by a linker polypeptide that contains, 1, 2, 3, or more, buttypically fewer than 20, 15, 10, 9, 8, 7, or 6 amino acids. The proteinproduct encoded by a fusion construct is referred to as a fusionpolypeptide.

The term “half-life extending moiety” refers to a moiety of apolypeptide fusion or chemical conjugate that extends the half-life of aprotein circulating in mammalian blood serum compared to the half-lifeof the protein that is not so conjugated to the moiety. In someembodiments, half-life is extended by greater than or greater than about1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2.0-fold, 3.0-fold, 4.0-fold, 5.0-fold, or 6.0-fold.In some embodiments, half-life is extended by more than 6 hours, morethan 12 hours, more than 24 hours, more than 48 hours, more than 72hours, more than 96 hours or more than 1 week after in vivoadministration compared to the protein without the half-life extendingmoiety. The half-life refers to the amount of time it takes for theprotein to lose half of its concentration, amount, or activity.Half-life can be determined for example, by using an ELISA assay or anactivity assay. Exemplary half-life extending moieties include an Fcdomain, a multimerization domain, polyethylene glycol (PEG),hydroxyethyl starch (HES), XTEN (extended recombinant peptides; see,WO2013130683), human serum albumin (HSA), bovine serum albumin (BSA),lipids (acylation), and poly-Pro-Ala-Ser (PAS), and polyglutamic acid(glutamylation).

An Fc (fragment crystallizable) region or domain of an immunoglobulinmolecule (also termed an Fc polypeptide) corresponds largely to theconstant region of the immunoglobulin heavy chain, and is responsiblefor various functions, including the antibody's effector function(s).The Fc domain contains part or all of a hinge domain of animmunoglobulin molecule plus a CH2 and a CH3 domain. The Fc domain canform a dimer of two polypeptide chains joined by one or more disulfidebonds. In some embodiments, the Fc is a variant Fc that exhibits reduced(e.g. reduced greater than 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% or more)activity to facilitate an effector function. In some embodiments,reference to amino acid substitutions in an Fc region is by EU numberingsystem unless described with reference to a specific SEQ ID NO. EUnumbering is known and is according to the most recently updated IMGTScientific Chart (IMGT®, the international ImMunoGeneTics informationSystem®,http://www.imgt.org/IMGTScientificChart/Numbering/Hu_IGHGnber.html(created: 17 May 2001, last updated: 10 Jan. 2013) and the EU index asreported in Kabat, E. A. et al. Sequences of Proteins of Immunologicalinterest. 5th ed. US Department of Health and Human Services, NIHpublication No. 91-3242 (1991).

An immunoglobulin Fc fusion (“Fc-fusion”), such as an immunomodulatoryFc fusion protein, is a molecule comprising one or more polypeptidesoperably linked to an Fc region of an immunoglobulin. An Fc-fusion maycomprise, for example, the Fc region of an antibody (which facilitateseffector functions and pharmacokinetics) operably linked to an ARBM orIRBM of the provided immunomodulatory proteins. An immunoglobulin Fcregion may be linked indirectly or directly to the ARBM and/or IRBM.Various linkers are known in the art and can optionally be used to linkan Fc to a fusion partner to generate an Fc-fusion. Fc-fusions ofidentical species can be dimerized to form Fc-fusion homodimers, orusing non-identical species to form Fc-fusion heterodimers. In someembodiments, the Fc is a mammalian Fc such as a murine or human Fc.

The term “host cell” refers to any cell that can be used to express aprotein encoded by a recombinant expression vector. A host cell can be aprokaryote, for example, E. coli, or it can be a eukaryote, for example,a single-celled eukaryote (e.g., a yeast or other fungus), a plant cell(e.g., a tobacco or tomato plant cell), an animal cell (e.g., a humancell, a monkey cell, a hamster cell, a rat cell, a mouse cell, or aninsect cell) or a hybridoma. Examples of host cells include Chinesehamster ovary (CHO) cells or their derivatives such as Veggie CHO andrelated cell lines which grow in serum-free media or CHO strain DX-B11,which is deficient in DHFR.

The term “immunological synapse” or “immune synapse” (abbreviated “IS”)as used herein means the interface between a mammalian cell thatexpresses MHC I (major histocompatibility complex) or MHC II, such as anantigen-presenting cell or tumor cell, and a mammalian lymphocyte suchas an effector T cell or Natural Killer (NK) cell.

The term “immunoglobulin” (abbreviated “Ig”) as used herein issynonymous with the term “antibody” (abbreviated “Ab”) and refers to amammalian immunoglobulin protein including any of the five humanclasses: IgA (which includes subclasses IgA1 and IgA2), IgD, IgE, IgG(which includes subclasses IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4), and IgM. Theterm is also inclusive of immunoglobulins that are less thanfull-length, whether wholly or partially synthetic (e.g., recombinant orchemical synthesis) or naturally produced, including any fragmentthereof containing at least a portion of the variable heavy (VH) chainand/or variable light (VL) chain region of the immunoglobulin moleculethat is sufficient to form an antigen binding site and, when assembled,to specifically bind antigen. The antibody also can include all or aportion of the constant region. Such fragments include antigen bindingfragment (Fab), variable fragment (Fv) containing VH and VL, the singlechain variable fragment (scFv) containing VH and VL linked together inone chain, as well as other antibody V region fragments, such as Fab′,F(ab)2, F(ab′)2, dsFv diabody, Fc, and Fd polypeptide fragments. Hence,it is understood that reference to an antibody herein includesfull-length antibody and antigen-binding fragments. The term antibodyalso includes antibody compositions with polyepitopic specificity,multispecific antibodies (e.g., bispecific antibodies), diabodies, andsingle-chain molecules. Bispecific antibodies, homobispecific andheterobispecific, are included within the meaning of the term.Antibodies include polyclonal antibodies or monoclonal antibodies.Antibody also includes synthetic antibodies or recombinantly producedantibodies. For the structure and properties of the different classes ofantibodies, see e.g., Basic and Clinical Immunology, 8th Edition, DanielP. Sties, Abba I. Ten and Tristram G. Parsolw (eds), Appleton & Lange,Norwalk, Conn., 1994, page 71 and Chapter 6.

The terms “full-length antibody,” “intact antibody” or “whole antibody”are used interchangeably to refer to an antibody in its substantiallyintact form, as opposed to an antibody fragment. A full-length antibodyis an antibody typically having two full-length heavy chains (e.g.,VH-CH1-CH2-CH3 or VH-CH1-CH2-CH3-CH4) and two full-length light chains(VL-CL) and hinge regions, such as antibodies produced from mammalianspecies (e.g. human, mouse, rat, rabbit, non-human primate, etc.) byantibody secreting B cells and antibodies with the same domains that areproduced synthetically. Specifically whole antibodies include those withheavy and light chains including an Fc region. The constant domains maybe native sequence constant domains (e.g., human native sequenceconstant domains) or amino acid sequence variants thereof. In somecases, the intact antibody may have one or more effector functions.

An “antibody fragment” comprises a portion of an intact antibody, theantigen binding and/or the variable region of the intact antibody.Antibody fragments, include, but are not limited to, Fab fragments, Fab′fragments, F(ab′)₂ fragments, Fv fragments, disulfide-linked Fvs (dsFv),Fd fragments, Fd′ fragments; diabodies; linear antibodies (see U.S. Pat.No. 5,641,870, Example 2; Zapata et al., Protein Eng. 8(10): 1057-1062[1995]); single-chain antibody molecules, including single-chain Fvs(scFv) or single-chain Fabs (scFab); antigen-binding fragments of any ofthe above and multispecific antibodies from from antibody fragments.

“Fv” is composed of one heavy- and one light-chain variable regiondomain linked by non-covalent association. From the folding of these twodomains emanate six complementarity determining regions (CDR) (3 in eachfrom the heavy and light chain) that contribute the amino acid residuesfor antigen binding and confer antigen binding specificity to theantibody. However, even a single variable domain (or half of an Fvcomprising only three CDRs specific for an antigen) has the ability torecognize and bind antigen, although, in some cases, at a lower affinitythan the entire binding site.

“dsFv” refers to an Fv with an engineered intermolecular disulfide bond,which stabilizes the V_(H)-V_(L) pair.

An “Fd fragment” is a fragment of an antibody containing a variabledomain (V_(H)) and one constant region domain (C_(H)1) of an antibodyheavy chain.

A “Fab fragment” is an antibody fragment that results from digestion ofa full-length immunoglobulin with papain, or a fragment having the samestructure that is produced synthetically, e.g., by recombinant methods.A Fab fragment contains a light chain (containing a V_(L) and C_(L)) andanother chain containing a variable domain of a heavy chain (V_(H)) andone constant region domain of the heavy chain (C_(H)1).

A “F(ab′)₂ fragment” is an antibody fragment that results from digestionof an immunoglobulin with pepsin at pH 4.0-4.5, or a fragment having thesame structure that is produced synthetically, e.g., by recombinantmethods. The F(ab′)₂ fragment essentially contains two Fab fragmentswhere each heavy chain portion contains an additional few amino acids,including cysteine residues that form disulfide linkages joining the twofragments.

A “Fab′ fragment” is a fragment containing one half (one heavy chain andone light chain) of the F(ab′)₂ fragment.

An “Fd′ fragment” is a fragment of an antibody containing one heavychain portion of a F(ab′)₂ fragment.

An “Fv′ fragment” is a fragment containing only the V_(H) and V_(L)domains of an antibody molecule.

An “scFv fragment” refers to an antibody fragment that contains avariable light chain (V_(L)) and variable heavy chain (V_(H)),covalently connected by a polypeptide linker in any order. The linker isof a length such that the two variable domains are bridged withoutsubstantial interference. Exemplary linkers are (Gly-Ser)_(n) residueswith some Glu or Lys residues dispersed throughout to increasesolubility.

“Diabodies” are dimeric scFv; diabodies typically have shorter peptidelinkers than scFvs, and preferentially dimerize.

The term “immunoglobulin superfamily” or “IgSF” as used herein means thegroup of cell surface and soluble proteins that are involved in therecognition, binding, or adhesion processes of cells. Molecules arecategorized as members of this superfamily based on shared structuralfeatures with immunoglobulins (i.e., antibodies); they all possess adomain known as an immunoglobulin domain or fold. Many “non-antibodyIgSF” members include cell surface proteins or receptors that are notantibodies. Members of the IgSF include cell surface antigen receptors,co-receptors and co-stimulatory molecules of the immune system,molecules involved in antigen presentation to lymphocytes, cell adhesionmolecules, certain cytokine receptors and intracellular muscle proteins.They are commonly associated with roles in the immune system. Proteinsin the immunological synapse are often members of the IgSF. IgSF canalso be classified into “subfamilies” based on shared properties such asfunction. Such subfamilies typically include from 4 to 30 IgSF members.

The terms “IgSF domain” or “immunoglobulin domain” or “Ig domain” or“IgD” as used herein refers to a structural domain or domains of IgSFproteins. Ig domains are named after the immunoglobulin molecules. Theycontain about 70-110 amino acids and are categorized according to theirsize and function. Ig-domains possess a characteristic Ig-fold, whichhas a sandwich-like structure formed by two sheets of antiparallel betastrands. Interactions between hydrophobic amino acids on the inner sideof the sandwich and highly conserved disulfide bonds formed betweencysteine residues in the B and F strands, stabilize the Ig-fold. In somecases, one end of the Ig domain has a section called the complementaritydetermining region, which, in some aspects, is involved in thespecificity of antibodies for their ligands. The Ig like domains can beclassified (into classes) as: IgV, IgC1, IgC2, or IgI. Most Ig domainsare either variable (IgV) or constant (IgC). IgV domains with 9 betastrands are generally longer than IgC domains with 7 beta strands. Igdomains of some members of the IgSF resemble IgV domains in the aminoacid sequence, yet are similar in size to IgC domains. These are calledIgC2 domains, while standard IgC domains are called IgC1 domains. T-cellreceptor (TCR) chains contain two Ig domains in the extracellularportion; one IgV domain at the N-terminus and one IgC1 domain adjacentto the cell membrane. A “non-antibody IgSF domain” refers to IgSF domainor domains present in proteins other than antibodies, which typicallyare present in the extracellular portion or domain of certain cellsurface proteins. Thus, the extracellular domain (ECD) of IgSF familymembers contains one or more Ig domains; hence, the term Ig domain isalso used with reference to the ECD of such protein molecules.

The term “immunological activity” as used herein in the context ofmammalian lymphocytes, such as T cells, refers to one or more ofactivation, cell survival, cell proliferation, cytokine production (e.g.interferon-gamma), or T-cell cytotoxicity activities. Assays fordetermining enhancement or suppression of immunological activity includeMLR (mixed lymphocyte reaction) assays measuring interferon-gammacytokine levels in culture supernatants (Wang et al., Cancer ImmunolRes. 2014 September: 2(9):846-56), SEB (staphylococcal enterotoxin B), Tcell stimulation assays (Wang et al., Cancer Immunol Res. 2014September: 2(9):846-56), and anti-CD3 T cell stimulation assays (Li andKurlander, J Transl Med. 2010: 8: 104). Since T cell activation isassociated with secretion of IFN-gamma cytokine, detecting IFN-gammalevels in culture supernatants from these in vitro human T cell assayscan be assayed using commercial ELISA kits (Wu et al, Immunol Lett 2008Apr. 15; 117(1): 57-62). Assays also include assays to assesscytotoxicity, including a standard 51Cr-release assay (see e.g. Miloneet al., (2009) Molecular Therapy 17: 1453-1464) or flow basedcytotoxicity assays, or an impedance based cytotoxicity assay (Peper etal. (2014) Journal of Immunological Methods, 405:192-198). Assays toassess immunological activity of immunomodulatory proteins can becompared to control proteins with a known activity.

An “immunomodulatory protein” or “immunomodulatory polypeptide” is aprotein that modulates immunological activity. By “modulation” or“modulating” an immune response is meant that immunological activity iseither enhanced or suppressed. An immunomodulatory protein can be asingle polypeptide chain or a multimer (dimers or higher ordermultimers) of at least two polypeptide chains covalently bonded to eachother by, for example, interchain disulfide bonds. Thus, monomeric,dimeric, and higher order multimeric proteins are within the scope ofthe defined term. Multimeric proteins can be homomultimeric (ofidentical polypeptide chains) or heteromultimeric (of differentpolypeptide chains). Secretable immunomodulatory proteins are a type ofimmunomodulatory protein.

As used herein, an “inhibitory receptor” refers to a cell surfacemolecule in which engagement of the molecule transmits a negative signalto an immune cell and/or downregulates or reduces activation of animmune cell. In some embodiments, transmission of an inhibitory signalto an immune cell can result in unresponsiveness or anergy or programmedcell death in the immune cell. An inhibitory receptor generally containsan extracellular portion, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmicregion that directly or indirectly activates or recruits phosphatases.In some embodiments, the cytoplasmic region contains an immunoreceptortyrosine-based inhibition motif (ITIM), which is a conserved sequence ofamino acids (S/I/V/LxYxxI/V/L) that is found in the cytoplasmic tails ofmany inhibitory receptors of the immune system. In some aspects,engagement of an ITIM-containing receptor, such as with a ligand,results in phosphorylation of the ITIM motif to recruit SH2-domaincontaining phosphatases, such as the phosphotyrosine phosphatases SHP-1and SHP-2 or the inositol-phosphatase called SHIP. In some aspects, thephosphatases can dephosphorylate kinases associated with ITAM-mediatedcell activation, thereby attenuating signaling and effector functionsmediated by an activating receptor, such as inhibition or reduction ofproliferation, cytokine production or secretion or cytotoxic activity.In some embodiments, an inhibitory receptor includes PD-1, CTLA-4 orTIGIT.

The term “inhibitory receptor binding molecule” or IRBM refers to aprotein that specifically binds to an inhibitory receptor.

The term “lymphocyte” as used herein means any of three subtypes ofwhite blood cell in a mammalian immune system. They include naturalkiller cells (NK cells) (which function in cell-mediated, cytotoxicinnate immunity), T cells (for cell-mediated, cytotoxic adaptiveimmunity), and B cells (for humoral, antibody-driven adaptive immunity).T cells include T helper cells, cytotoxic T-cells, natural killerT-cells, memory T-cells, regulatory T-cells, or gamma delta T-cells.Innate lymphoid cells (ILC) are also included within the definition oflymphocyte.

The term “lymphocyte” as used herein means any of three subtypes ofwhite blood cell in a mammalian immune system. They include naturalkiller cells (NK cells) (which function in cell-mediated, cytotoxicinnate immunity), T cells (for cell-mediated, cytotoxic adaptiveimmunity), and B cells (for humoral, antibody-driven adaptive immunity).T cells include: T helper cells, cytotoxic T-cells, natural killerT-cells, memory T-cells, regulatory T-cells, or gamma delta T-cells.Innate lymphoid cells (ILC) are also included within the definition oflymphocyte.

The terms “mammal,” “subject,” or “patient” specifically includesreference to at least one of a: human, chimpanzee, rhesus monkey,cynomolgus monkey, dog, cat, mouse, or rat.

The term “membrane protein” as used herein means a protein that, underphysiological conditions, is attached directly or indirectly to a lipidbilayer. A lipid bilayer that forms a membrane can be a biologicalmembrane such as a eukaryotic (e.g., mammalian) cell membrane or anartificial (i.e., man-made) membrane such as that found on a liposome.Attachment of a membrane protein to the lipid bilayer can be by way ofcovalent attachment, or by way of non-covalent interactions such ashydrophobic or electrostatic interactions. A membrane protein can be anintegral membrane protein or a peripheral membrane protein. Membraneproteins that are peripheral membrane proteins are non-covalentlyattached to the lipid bilayer or non-covalently attached to an integralmembrane protein. A peripheral membrane protein forms a temporaryattachment to the lipid bilayer such that under the range of conditionsthat are physiological in a mammal, peripheral membrane protein canassociate and/or disassociate from the lipid bilayer. In contrast toperipheral membrane proteins, integral membrane proteins form asubstantially permanent attachment to the membrane's lipid bilayer suchthat under the range of conditions that are physiological in a mammal,integral membrane proteins do not disassociate from their attachment tothe lipid bilayer. A membrane protein can form an attachment to themembrane by way of one layer of the lipid bilayer (monotopic), orattached by way of both layers of the membrane (polytopic). An integralmembrane protein that interacts with only one lipid bilayer is an“integral monotopic protein”. An integral membrane protein thatinteracts with both lipid bilayers is an “integral polytopic protein”alternatively referred to herein as a “transmembrane protein”.

As used herein, modification is in reference to modification of asequence of amino acids of a polypeptide or a sequence of nucleotides ina nucleic acid molecule and includes deletions, insertions, andreplacements of amino acids and nucleotides, respectively. Methods ofmodifying a polypeptide are routine to those of skill in the art, suchas by using recombinant DNA methodologies.

The terms “modulating” or “modulate” as used herein in the context of animmune response, such as a mammalian immune response, refer to anyalteration, such as an increase or decrease, of an existing or potentialimmune responses that occurs as a result of administration of animmunomodulatory protein or as a result of administration of engineeredcells expressing an immunomodulatory protein, such as a secretableimmunomodulatory protein of the present invention. Such modulationincludes any induction, or alteration in degree or extent, orsuppression of immunological activity of an immune cell. Immune cellsinclude B cells, T cells, NK (natural killer) cells, NK T cells,professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs), and non-professionalantigen-presenting cells, and inflammatory cells (neutrophils,macrophages, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils). Modulation includesany change imparted on an existing immune response, a developing immuneresponse, a potential immune response, or the capacity to induce,regulate, influence, or respond to an immune response. Modulationincludes any alteration in the expression and/or function of genes,proteins and/or other molecules in immune cells as part of an immuneresponse. Modulation of an immune response or modulation ofimmunological activity includes, for example, the following:elimination, deletion, or sequestration of immune cells; proliferation,induction, survival or generation of immune cells that can modulate thefunctional capacity of other cells such as autoreactive lymphocytes,antigen presenting cells, or inflammatory cells; induction of anunresponsive state in immune cells (i.e., anergy); enhancing orsuppressing the activity or function of immune cells, including but notlimited to altering the pattern of proteins expressed by these cells.Examples include altered production and/or secretion of certain classesof molecules such as cytokines, chemokines, perforins, granzymes, growthfactors, transcription factors, kinases, costimulatory molecules, orother cell surface receptors or any combination of these modulatoryevents. Modulation can be assessed, for example, by an alteration of animmunological activity.

The term, a “multimerization domain” refers to a sequence of amino acidsthat promotes stable interaction of a polypeptide molecule with one ormore additional polypeptide molecules, each containing a complementarymultimerization domain (e.g. a first multimerization domain and a secondmultimerization domain), which can be the same or a differentmultimerization domain. The interactions between complementarymultimerization domains, e.g. interaction between a firstmultimerication domain and a second multimerization domain, form astable protein-protein interaction to produce a multimer of thepolypeptide molecule with the additional polypeptide molecule. In somecases, the multimerization domain is the same and interacts with itselfto form a stable protein-protein interaction between two polypeptidechains. Generally, a polypeptide is joined directly or indirectly to themultimerization domain. Exemplary multimerization domains include theimmunoglobulin sequences or portions thereof, leucine zippers,hydrophobic regions, hydrophilic regions, and compatible protein-proteininteraction domains. The multimerization domain, for example, can be animmunoglobulin constant region or domain, such as, for example, the Fcdomain or portions thereof from IgG, including IgG1, IgG2, IgG3 or IgG4subtypes, IgA, IgE, IgD and IgM and modified forms thereof.

The term “non-competitive binding” as used herein means the ability of aprotein to specifically bind simultaneously to at least two bindingpartners. In some embodiments, the binding occurs under specific bindingconditions. Thus, the protein is able to bind to at least two differentbinding partners at the same time although the binding interaction neednot be for the same duration such that, in some cases, the protein isspecifically bound to only one of the binding partners. In someembodiments, the simultaneous binding is such that binding of onebinding partner does not substantially inhibit simultaneous binding to asecond binding partner. In some embodiments, non-competitive bindingmeans that binding a second binding partner to its binding site on theprotein does not displace the binding of a first binding partner to itsbinding site on the protein. Methods of assessing non-competitivebinding are well known in the art such as the method described in Perezde La Lastra et al., Immunology, 1999 April: 96(4): 663-670. In somecases, in non-competitive interactions, the first binding partnerspecifically binds at an interaction site that does not overlap with theinteraction site of the second binding partner such that binding of thesecond binding partner does not directly interfere with the binding ofthe first binding partner. Thus, any effect on binding of the bindingpartner by the binding of the second binding partner is through amechanism other than direct interference with the binding of the firstbinding partner. For example, in the context of enzyme-substrateinteractions, a non-competitive inhibitor binds to a site other than theactive site of the enzyme. Non-competitive binding encompassesuncompetitive binding interactions in which a second binding partnerspecifically binds at an interaction site that does not overlap with thebinding of the first binding partner but binds to the second interactionsite only when the first interaction site is occupied by the firstbinding partner.

The terms “nucleic acid” and “polynucleotide” are used interchangeablyto refer to a polymer of nucleic acid residues (e.g.,deoxyribonucleotides or ribonucleotides) in either single- ordouble-stranded form. Unless specifically limited, the terms encompassnucleic acids containing known analogues of natural nucleotides and thathave similar binding properties to it and are metabolized in a mannersimilar to naturally-occurring nucleotides. Unless otherwise indicated,a particular nucleic acid sequence also implicitly encompassesconservatively modified variants thereof (e.g., degenerate codonsubstitutions) and complementary nucleotide sequences as well as thesequence explicitly indicated. Specifically, degenerate codonsubstitutions may be achieved by generating sequences in which the thirdposition of one or more selected (or all) codons is substituted withmixed-base and/or deoxyinosine residues. The term nucleic acid orpolynucleotide encompasses cDNA or mRNA encoded by a gene.

The terms “in operable combination,” “in operable order” and “operablylinked” as used herein refer to the linkage of nucleic acid sequences insuch a manner or orientation that the segments are arranged so that theyfunction in concert for their intended purposes. In some embodiments,the term refers to linkage of nucleic acids to produce a nucleic acidmolecule capable of directing the transcription of a given gene and/orto produce a desired protein molecule that is functional. For example,segments of a DNA sequence, e.g. a coding sequence and a regulatorysequence(s), are linked in such a way as to permit gene expression whenthe appropriate molecules (e.g. transcriptional activator proteins) arebound to the regulatory sequence.

The term “pharmaceutical composition” refers to a composition suitablefor pharmaceutical use in a mammalian subject, often a human. Apharmaceutical composition typically comprises an effective amount of anactive agent (e.g., an immunomodulatory protein or engineered cellsexpressing and/or secreting an immunomodulatory protein of the presentinvention) and a carrier, excipient, or diluent. The carrier, excipient,or diluent is typically a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipientor diluent, respectively.

The terms “polypeptide” and “protein” are used interchangeably hereinand refer to a molecular chain of two or more amino acids linked throughpeptide bonds. The terms do not refer to a specific length of theproduct. Thus, “peptides,” and “oligopeptides,” are included within thedefinition of polypeptide. The terms include post-translationalmodifications of the polypeptide, for example, glycosylations,acetylations, phosphorylations and the like. The terms also includemolecules in which one or more amino acid analogs or non-canonical orunnatural amino acids are included as can be synthesized, or expressedrecombinantly using known protein engineering techniques. In addition,proteins can be derivatized as described herein by well-known organicchemistry techniques.

The term “primary T-cell assay” as used herein refers to an in vitroassay to measure interferon-gamma (“IFN-gamma”) expression. A variety ofsuch primary T-cell assays are known in the art. In some embodiments,the assay used is anti-CD3 coimmobilization assay. In this assay,primary T cells are stimulated by anti-CD3 immobilized with or withoutadditional recombinant proteins. Culture supernatants are harvested attimepoints, usually 24-72 hours. In another embodiment, the assay usedis a mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). In this assay, primary T cells aresimulated with allogenic APC. Culture supernatants are harvested attimepoints, usually 24-72 hours. Human IFN-gamma levels are measured inculture supernatants by standard ELISA techniques. In some cases,commercial kits are available from vendors and the assay can beperformed according to manufacturer's recommendation.

The term “purified” as applied to nucleic acids, such as encodingimmunomodulatory proteins, or proteins (e.g. immunomodulatory proteins)generally denotes a nucleic acid or polypeptide that is substantiallyfree from other components as determined by analytical techniques wellknown in the art (e.g., a purified polypeptide or polynucleotide forms adiscrete band in an electrophoretic gel, chromatographic eluate, and/ora media subjected to density gradient centrifugation). For example, anucleic acid or polypeptide that gives rise to essentially one band inan electrophoretic gel is “purified.” A purified nucleic acid or proteinis at least about 50% pure, usually at least about 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%,95%, 96%, 99% or more pure (e.g., percent by weight or on a molarbasis).

The term “recombinant” indicates that the material (e.g., a nucleic acidor a polypeptide) has been artificially (i.e., non-naturally) altered byhuman intervention. The alteration can be performed on the materialwithin, or removed from, its natural environment or state. For example,a “recombinant nucleic acid” is one that is made by recombining nucleicacids, e.g., during cloning, affinity modification, DNA shuffling orother well-known molecular biological procedures. A “recombinant DNAmolecule,” is comprised of segments of DNA joined together by means ofsuch molecular biological techniques. The term “recombinant protein” or“recombinant polypeptide” as used herein refers to a protein molecule(e.g., an immunomodulatory protein) which is expressed using arecombinant DNA molecule. A “recombinant host cell” is a cell thatcontains and/or expresses a recombinant nucleic acid or that isotherwise altered by genetic engineering, such as by introducing intothe cell a nucleic acid molecule encoding a recombinant protein, such asa immunomodulatory protein provided herein. Transcriptional controlsignals in eukaryotes comprise “promoter” and “enhancer” elements.Promoters and enhancers consist of short arrays of DNA sequences thatinteract specifically with cellular proteins involved in transcription.Promoter and enhancer elements have been isolated from a variety ofeukaryotic sources including genes in yeast, insect and mammalian cellsand viruses (analogous control elements, i.e., promoters, are also foundin prokaryotes). The selection of a particular promoter and enhancerdepends on what cell type is to be used to express the protein ofinterest.

The term “recombinant expression vector” as used herein refers to a DNAmolecule containing a desired coding sequence (e.g., encoding animmunomodulatory protein) and appropriate nucleic acid sequencesnecessary for the expression of an operably linked coding sequence in aparticular cell. Nucleic acid sequences necessary for expression inprokaryotes include a promoter, optionally an operator sequence, aribosome binding site and possibly other sequences. Eukaryotic cells areknown to utilize promoters, enhancers, and termination andpolyadenylation signals. A secretory signal peptide sequence can also,optionally, be encoded by the recombinant expression vector, operablylinked to the coding sequence so that the expressed protein can besecreted by the recombinant host cell, such as for its expression as asecretable protein or for more facile isolation or purification of theimmunomodulatory protein from the cell, if desired. The term includesthe vector as a self-replicating nucleic acid structure as well as thevector incorporated into the genome of a host cell into which it hasbeen introduced. Among the vectors are viral vectors, such as lentiviralvectors.

The term “selectivity” refers to the preference of a subject protein, orpolypeptide, for specific binding of one substrate, such as one bindingpartner, compared to specific binding for another substrate, such as adifferent binding partner of the subject protein. Selectivity can bereflected as a ratio of the binding activity (e.g. binding affinity) ofa subject protein and a first substrate, such as a first bindingpartner, (e.g., K_(d1)) and the binding activity (e.g. binding affinity)of the same subject protein with a second binding partner (e.g.,K_(d2)).

The term “sequence identity” as used herein refers to the sequenceidentity between genes or proteins at the nucleotide or amino acidlevel, respectively. “Sequence identity” is a measure of identitybetween proteins at the amino acid level and a measure of identitybetween nucleic acids at nucleotide level. The protein sequence identitymay be determined by comparing the amino acid sequence in a givenposition in each sequence when the sequences are aligned. Similarly, thenucleic acid sequence identity may be determined by comparing thenucleotide sequence in a given position in each sequence when thesequences are aligned. Methods for the alignment of sequences forcomparison are well known in the art, such methods include GAP, BESTFIT,BLAST, BLAST-2, ALIGN or Megalign (DNASTAR) software, FASTA and TFASTA.The BLAST algorithm calculates percent sequence identity and performs astatistical analysis of the similarity between the two sequences. Thesoftware for performing BLAST analysis is publicly available through theNational Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website. In somecases, a percent sequence identity can be determined as the percentageof amino acid residues (or nucleotide residues) in a candidate sequencethat are identical with the amino acid residues (or nucleotide residues)in a reference sequence, after aligning the sequences and introducinggaps, if necessary, to achieve the maximum percent sequence identity.Those skilled in the art can determine appropriate parameters foraligning sequences, including any algorithms needed to achieve maximalalignment over the full length of the sequences being compared.

The term “soluble” as used herein in reference to proteins, means thatthe protein is not a membrane protein. In some cases, a soluble proteincontains only an extracellular domain of an IgSF family member ormembers, or a portion thereof containing an IgSF domain or domains orspecific-binding fragments thereof, but does not contain a transmembranedomain. In some cases, solubility of a protein can be improved bylinkage or attachment, directly or indirectly via a linker, to an Fcdomain, which, in some cases, also can improve the stability and/orhalf-life of the protein. In some aspects, a soluble protein is an Fcfusion protein.

The term “specifically binds” as used herein means the ability of aprotein, under specific binding conditions, to bind to a target proteinsuch that its affinity or avidity is at least 10 times as great, butoptionally 50, 100, 250 or 500 times as great, or even at least 1000times as great as the average affinity or avidity of the same protein toa collection of random peptides or polypeptides of sufficientstatistical size. A specifically binding protein need not bindexclusively to a single target molecule but may specifically bind tomore than one target molecule. In some cases, a specifically bindingprotein may bind to a protein that has similarity in structuralconformation with the target protein (e.g., paralogs or orthologs).Those of skill will recognize that specific binding to a molecule havingthe same function in a different species of animal (i.e., ortholog) orto a molecule having a substantially similar epitope as the targetmolecule (e.g., paralog) is possible and does not detract from thespecificity of binding which is determined relative to a statisticallyvalid collection of unique non-targets (e.g., random polypeptides).Thus, an immunomodulatory protein of the invention, or an ARBM or IRBMthereof, may specifically bind to more than one distinct species oftarget molecule due to cross-reactivity. Solid-phase ELISA immunoassays,ForteBio Octet or Biacore measurements can be used to determine specificbinding between two proteins. Generally, interactions between twobinding proteins have dissociation constants (Kd) less than about 1×10⁻⁵M, and often as low as about 1×10⁻¹² M. In certain aspects of thepresent disclosure, interactions between two binding proteins havedissociation constants of less than about 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁸ M,1×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less.

The term “specific binding fragment” or “fragment” as used herein inreference to a protein means a polypeptide that is shorter than afull-length protein or a specific domain or region thereof and thatspecifically binds in vitro and/or in vivo to a binding partner of thefull-length protein or of the specific domain or region. In some cases,a specific binding fragment is in reference to a fragment of afull-length IgSF family member or a full-length IgSF domain thereof(e.g. IgV or IgC), but that still binds to a binding partner of the IgSFfamily member or of an IgSF domain of an IgSF family member. In someembodiments, the specific binding fragment is at least 20%, 30%, 40%,50%, 60%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% thesequence length of the full-length sequence or of a domain or region ofan IgSF family member. In some embodiments, the specific bindingfragment can have an amino acid length of at least 50 amino acids, suchas at least 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, or 110 amino acids. The specificbinding fragment can be altered in sequence to form an affinity modifiedIgSF domain.

As used herein, a “subject” is a mammal, such as a human or otheranimal, and typically is human. The subject can be male or female andcan be any suitable age, including infant, juvenile, adolescent, adult,and geriatric subjects.

The terms “surface expresses” or “surface expression” in reference to amammalian cell expressing a polypeptide means that the polypeptide isexpressed as a membrane protein. In some embodiments, the membraneprotein is a transmembrane protein.

As used herein, “synthetic,” with reference to, for example, a syntheticnucleic acid molecule or a synthetic gene or a synthetic peptide refersto a nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide molecule that is produced byrecombinant methods and/or by chemical synthesis methods.

The term “trans” with reference to binding to cell surface moleculesrefers to binding to two different cell surface molecules, each of whichis present on the surface of a different cell. In some embodiments,trans means that with respect to two different cell surface molecules,the first is exclusively present on one of the two mammalian cellsforming the IS and the second is present exclusively on the second ofthe two mammalian cells forming the IS.

The term “transmembrane protein” as used herein means a membrane proteinthat substantially or completely spans a lipid bilayer such as thoselipid bilayers found in a biological membrane such as a mammalian cell,or in an artificial construct such as a liposome. The transmembraneprotein comprises a transmembrane domain (“transmembrane domain”) bywhich it is integrated into the lipid bilayer and by which theintegration is thermodynamically stable under physiological conditions.Transmembrane domains are generally predictable from their amino acidsequence via any number of commercially available bioinformaticssoftware applications on the basis of their elevated hydrophobicityrelative to regions of the protein that interact with aqueousenvironments (e.g., cytosol, extracellular fluid). A transmembranedomain is often a hydrophobic alpha helix that spans the membrane. Atransmembrane protein can pass through the both layers of the lipidbilayer once or multiple times.

The terms “treating,” “treatment,” or “therapy” of a disease or disorderas used herein mean slowing, stopping or reversing the disease ordisorders progression, as evidenced by decreasing, cessation orelimination of either clinical or diagnostic symptoms, by administrationof an immunomodulatory protein or engineered cells of the presentinvention either alone or in combination with another compound asdescribed herein. “Treating,” “treatment,” or “therapy” also means adecrease in the severity of symptoms in an acute or chronic disease ordisorder or a decrease in the relapse rate as for example in the case ofa relapsing or remitting autoimmune disease course or a decrease ininflammation in the case of an inflammatory aspect of an autoimmunedisease. “Preventing,” “prophylaxis,” or “prevention” of a disease ordisorder as used in the context of this invention refers to theadministration of an immunomodulatory protein or engineered cellsexpressing an immunomodulatory protein of the present invention, eitheralone or in combination with another compound, to prevent the occurrenceor onset of a disease or disorder or some or all of the symptoms of adisease or disorder or to lessen the likelihood of the onset of adisease or disorder.

The term “variant” (also “modified” or mutant,” which can be usedinterchangeably) as used in reference to a variant protein orpolypeptide, such as a variant of an IgSF family member or IgSF domainthereof, means a protein, such as a mammalian (e.g., human or murine)protein created by human intervention. The variant is a polypeptidehaving an altered or modified amino acid sequence, such as by one ormore amino acid substitutions, deletions, additions or combinationsthereof, relative to an unmodified or wild-type protein or to a domain(e.g. IgSF domain, such as an IgV domain) thereof. A variant polypeptidecan contain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 or more amino aciddifferences, such as amino acid substitutions. A variant polypeptidegenerally exhibits at least 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%,90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequenceidentity to a corresponding form of a wild-type or unmodified protein(e.g. an IgSF family member), such as a mature sequence thereof (lackingthe signal sequence) or a portion thereof containing the extracellulardomain or an IgSF domain thereof. Non-naturally occurring amino acids aswell as naturally occurring amino acids are included within the scope ofpermissible substitutions or additions. A variant protein is not limitedto any particular method of making and includes, for example, chemicalsynthesis, recombinant DNA techniques, or combinations thereof. Avariant protein, such as a variant IgSF domain, of the inventionspecifically binds to at least one or more binding partners. In someembodiments, the altered amino acid sequence results in an altered(i.e., increased or decreased) binding activity, such as bindingaffinity or avidity, to the one or more binding partners.

The term “wild-type” or “natural” or “native,” which are usedinterchangeably, as used herein is used in connection with biologicalmaterials such as nucleic acid molecules, proteins, IgSF members, hostcells, and the like, refers to those which are found in nature and notmodified by human intervention

I. MULTI-DOMAIN IMMUNOMODULATORY PROTEINS

Provided herein are multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins that containone or more inhibitory receptor binding molecule (IRBM) that binds to aninhibitory receptor and one or more activating receptor binding molecule(ARBM) that binds to an activating receptor or a ligand of an activatingreceptor. In some embodiments, the activating receptor comprises animmunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) or interacts withan adaptor protein involved in signal transduction pathways in an immunecell, such as a T cell, to transduce activation signals. In someembodiments, the inhibitory receptor comprises an immunoreceptortyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM). In some embodiments, theinhibitory receptor and the activating receptor are expressed on thesame immune cell. In some embodiments, the activating receptor andinhibitory receptor are both expressed on a T cell.

In some embodiments, the provided multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinscan be generated in a cis binding strategy to target an inhibitoryreceptor and activating receptor on the same immune cell, such as thesame T cell, which, in some cases, proximalize or cluster the inhibitoryreceptor and the activating receptor on the surface of the same cell. Insuch embodiments, the IRBM binds to the inhibitory receptor and the ARBMbinds to the activating receptor.

In other embodiments, the provided multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins can be generated in a trans binding strategy to target aninhibitory receptor and a ligand of an activating receptor, each presenton different immune cells in an immune synapse. For example, in someembodiments, the IRBM binds to the inhibitory receptor on a T cell andthe ARBM binds to a ligand of the activating receptor on anantigen-presenting cell (APC). In the trans strategy, localization ofthe ligand on the APC during immune synapse formation may be sufficientfor signaling by its cognate activating receptor, such that the presenceof the immunomodulatory protein could antagonize such as a signal andinstead present an inhibitory ligand to recruit the inhibitory receptorto the immune synapse.

In some embodiments, the ARBM can be any binding molecule that binds toan activating receptor or a ligand thereof. In some embodiments, theIRBM can be any binding molecule that binds to an inhibitory receptor.In some embodiments, the one or more IRBM and/or ARBM independentlyinclude an antibody or an antigen-binding antibody fragment. In someaspects, the IRBM and/or ARBM can be a human antibody and/or an antibodythat binds a human protein.

In some embodiments, at least one of the IRBM or ARBM is not an antibodyor antigen-binding fragment. In some embodiments, at least one of theIRBM or ARBM is or contains a non-antibody immunoglobulin superfamily(IgSF) domain (IgD) of an IgSF member, or is a specific binding fragmentof such an IgSF domain. In some embodiments, the at least one of theIRBM or ARBM can be a variant IgD (hereinafter called “vIgD”) in whichis contained one or more amino acid modifications (e.g. substitutions)in an IgD. In some aspects, the vIgD is an affinity-modified domain thatexhibits increased binding activity, such as increased binding affinity,for the activating receptor (or ligand of the activating receptor) orinhibitory receptor compared to the binding activity of the unmodifiedor wild-type IgD for the same molecule. In some embodiment, both theIRBM and ARBM contain one or more IgD or vIgD of an IgSF member, inwhich, typically, the IgD or vIgD of the IRBM and ARBM are from, orderived from, a different IgSF member.

In some embodiments, the multi-domain immunomodulatory protein providedherein are soluble proteins and/or do not contain a portion thatincludes a transmembrane domain. Those of skill will appreciate thatcell surface proteins, including proteins of the IgSF, typically have anintracellular domain, a transmembrane domain, and extracellular domain(ECD), and that a soluble form of such proteins can be made using theextracellular domain or an immunologically active subsequence thereof.Thus, in some embodiments, the ARBM or IRBM lacks a transmembrane domainor a portion of the transmembrane domain of an IgSF member. In someembodiments, the ARBM or IRBM lacks the intracellular (cytoplasmic)domain or a portion of the intracellular domain of an IgSF member. Insome embodiments, the ARBM or IRBM only contains the ECD domain or aportion thereof containing an IgSF domain, such an IgV domain, orspecific binding fragments thereof. In some cases, the ARBM and IRBMindependently can include the extracellular domain of an IgSF familymember or an IgSF domain or specific binding fragment thereof of an IgSFfamily member. In some aspects, the IgSF domain is an IgV domain or anIgC domain. In some aspects, the IgSF domain is an IgV domain or an IgCdomain. In some aspects, the IRBM and/or ARBM is an IgSF domain of aIgSF family member that is a human protein and/or binds a human protein.

In some embodiments, the ARBM can bind to an activating receptor with atleast a certain binding activity, such as binding affinity, as measuredby any of a number of known methods. In some embodiments, the IRBM canbind to an inhibitory receptor with at least a certain binding activity,such as binding affinity, as measured by any of a number of knownmethods. In some embodiments, the affinity is represented by anequilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) or is represented by EC₅₀. Avariety of assays are known for assessing binding activity, includingbinding affinity, and/or determining whether a binding molecule (e.g.,an ARBM or IRBM) specifically binds to a particular binding partner. Insome embodiments, a BIAcore® instrument can be used to determine thebinding kinetics and constants of a complex between two proteins usingsurface plasmon resonance (SPR) analysis (see, e.g., Scatchard et al.,Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 51:660, 1949; Wilson, Science 295:2103, 2002; Wolffet al., Cancer Res. 53:2560, 1993; and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,283,173,5,468,614, or the equivalent). Other suitable assays for measuring thebinding of one protein to another include, for example, immunoassayssuch as enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and radioimmunoassays(RIA), or determination of binding by monitoring the change in thespectroscopic or optical properties of the proteins throughfluorescence, UV absorption, circular dichroism, or nuclear magneticresonance (NMR). Other exemplary assays include, but are not limited to,Western blot, ELISA, analytical ultracentrifugation, spectroscopy, flowcytometry, sequencing and other methods for detection of expressednucleic acids or binding of proteins.

In some embodiments, the ARBM and IRBM independently exhibit a bindingaffinity for a binding partner with a K_(D) (i.e., an equilibriumdissociation constant of a particular binding interaction with units ofM; equal to the ratio of the off-rate [k_(off) or k_(d)] to the on-rate[k_(on) or k_(a)] for this association reaction, assuming bimolecularinteraction) of equal to or less than 10⁻⁵ M. For example, theequilibrium dissociation constant K_(D) ranges from 10⁻⁶ M to 10⁻¹² M,such as 10⁻⁷ M to 10⁻¹¹ M, 10⁻⁸ M to 10⁻¹⁰ M, or 10⁻⁹ M to 10⁻¹⁰ M. Theon-rate (association rate constant; k_(on) or k_(a); units of 1/Ms) andthe off-rate (dissociation rate constant; k_(off) or k_(d); units of1/s) can be determined using any of the assay methods known in the art,for example, surface plasmon resonance (SPR).

In some embodiments, the IRBM exhibits a binding affinity for aninhibitory receptor that is from or from about 0.001 nM to 1000 nM, suchas from or from about 0.01 nM to about 500 nM, from or from about 0.01nM to about 400 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about 100 nM, from orfrom about 0.01 nM to about 50 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about10 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about 1 nM, from or from about 0.01nM to about 0.1 nM, is from or from about 0.1 nM to about 500 nM, fromor from about 0.1 nM to about 400 nM, from or from about 0.1 nM to about100 nM, from or from about 0.1 nM to about 50 nM, from or from about 0.1nM to about 10 nM, from or from about 0.1 nM to about 1 nM, from or fromabout 0.5 nM to about 200 nM, from or from about 1 nM to about 500 nM,from or from about 1 nM to about 100 nM, from or from about 1 nM toabout 50 nM, from or from about 1 nM to about 10 nM, from or from about2 nM to about 50 nM, from or from about 10 nM to about 500 nM, from orfrom about 10 nM to about 100 nM, from or from about 10 nM to about 50nM, from or from about 50 nM to about 500 nM, from or from about 50 nMto about 100 nM or from or from about 100 nM to about 500 nM. In certainembodiments, the binding affinity of the IRBM for the inhibitoryreceptor is at or less than or about 400 nM, 300 nM, 200 nM, 100 nM, 50nM, 40 nM, 30 nM, 25 nM, 20 nM, 19 nM, 18 nM, 17 nM, 16 nM, 15 nM, 14nM, 13 nM, 12 nM, 11 nM, 10 nM, 9 nM, 8 nM, 7 nM, 6 nM, 5 nM, 4 nM, 3nM, 2 nM, or 1 nM or less.

In some embodiments, the ARBM exhibits a binding affinity for anactivating receptor or a ligand of an activating receptor that is fromor from about 0.001 nM to about 1000 nM, such as from or from about 0.01nM to about 500 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about 400 nM, from orfrom about 0.01 nM to about 100 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about50 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about 10 nM, from or from about0.01 nM to about 1 nM, from or from about 0.01 nM to about 0.1 nM, isfrom or from about 0.1 nM to about 500 nM, from or from about 0.1 nM toabout 400 nM, from or from about 0.1 nM to about 100 nM, from or fromabout 0.1 nM to about 50 nM, from or from about 0.1 nM to about 10 nM,from or from about 0.1 nM to about 1 nM, from or from about 0.5 nM toabout 200 nM, from or from about 1 nM to about 500 nM, from or fromabout 1 nM to about 100 nM, from or from about 1 nM to about 50 nM, fromor from about 1 nM to about 10 nM, from or from about 2 nM to about 50nM, from or from about 10 nM to about 500 nM, from or from about 10 nMto about 100 nM, from or from about 10 nM to about 50 nM, from or fromabout 50 nM to about 500 nM, from or from about 50 nM to about 100 nM orfrom or from about 100 nM to about 500 nM. In certain embodiments, thebinding affinity of the ARBM for the activating receptor or a ligand ofthe activating receptor is at or less than or about 400 nM, 300 nM, 200nM, 100 nM, 50 nM, 40 nM, 30 nM, 25 nM, 20 nM, 19 nM, 18 nM, 17 nM, 16nM, 15 nM, 14 nM, 13 nM, 12 nM, 11 nM, 10 nM, 9 nM, 8 nM, 7 nM, 6 nM, 5nM, 4 nM, 3 nM, 2 nM, or 1 nM or less.

In some embodiments, the IRBM exhibits higher affinity for theinhibitory receptor than the ARBM exhibits for the activating receptoror a ligand of the activating receptor. For example, in someembodiments, the IRBM exhibits 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2.0-fold, 2.5-fold,3.0-fold, 4.0-fold, 5.0-fold, 6.0-fold, 7.0-fold, 8.0-fold, 9.0-fold,10.0 fold or higher affinity for the inhibitory receptor than the ARBMexhibits for the activating receptor or a ligand of the activatingreceptor.

In some embodiments, the provided multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinscan include the ARBM and IRBM in various configurations or formats,including formats with one or more further moieties. In someembodiments, the provided immunomodulatory proteins include polypeptidesin which the one or more IRBM is N-terminal to the ARBM. In someembodiments, the one or more IRBM is C-terminal to the ARBM. The one ormore ARBM and the one or more IRBM can be linked directly or indirectly,via a linker. In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteins can beformatted as multimeric molecules via fusion with a multimerizationdomain, such as an Fc protein. In some embodiments, the multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins can be formatted as multimeric molecules,e.g., dimeric, trimer, tetrameric, or pentameric molecules. In someembodiments, the immunomodulatory proteins are formatted as a monomericmolecules containing single polypeptide fusions of the one or more ARBMand the one or more IRBM. In some aspects, the configurations can bechosen to effect spatial proximalization of ITIM bearing inhibitoryreceptors with activating receptors on immune cells, such as T cells, tomake possible attenuation of T cell activation and/or toleranceinduction.

In the subsections below, exemplary ARBM and IRBM components of theprovided multi-domain immunomodulatory protein are described, as areexemplary formats for such immunomodulatory proteins.

A. Inhibitory Receptor Binding Molecule (IRBM)

In some embodiments, the provided immunomodulatory polypeptides containan IRBM that binds to an inhibitory receptor. In some aspects, theinhibitory receptor includes an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitorymotif (ITIM). In some embodiments, the inhibitory receptor target of theIRBM is CTLA-4, PD-1, or TIGIT, including any mammalian orthologsthereof. In some embodiments, the inhibitory receptor target is a humanCTLA-4, human PD-1 or human TIGIT. In some embodiments, the inhibitoryreceptor is expressed on a T cell, such as a human T cell.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is an antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthat binds an inhibitory receptor. In some embodiments, the IRBM is anantibody or antigen-binding fragment that binds CTLA-4, PD-1 or TIGIT,such as a human CTLA-4, human PD-1 or human TIGIT.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a binding partner of aninhibitory receptor. For example, in some aspects, the IRBM is orcontains an IgD of an IgSF family member that binds to an inhibitoryreceptor, such as a PD-1, TIGIT or CTLA-4 inhibitory receptor, or is aspecific fragment or vIgD thereof that binds to the inhibitory receptor.Exemplary IgSF family members that are binding partners of or that bindto a PD-1 inhibitory receptor include, for example, PD-L1 and PD-L2,such as human PD-L1 or human PD-L2. Exemplary IgSF family members thatare binding partners of or that bind to a TIGIT inhibitory receptorinclude, for example, CD155 or CD112, such as human CD155 or humanCD112. In some embodiments, the IgSF binding partner of an inhibitoryreceptor is a molecule set forth in Table 1. In some examples, the IRBMis or contains an IgD of a wild-type PD-L1 or PD-L2 or is or contains avIgD thereof, wherein the IRBM specifically binds to PD-1. In otherexamples, the IRBM is or contains an IgD of CD155 or CD112 or is orcontains a vIgD thereof, wherein the IRBM specifically binds to TIGIT.

The first column of Table 1 provides the name and, optionally, the nameof some possible synonyms for that particular domain. The second columnprovides the protein identifier of the UniProtKB database, a publiclyavailable database accessible via the internet at uniprot.org. TheUniversal Protein Resource (UniProt) is a comprehensive resource forprotein sequence and annotation data. The UniProt databases include theUniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB). UniProt is a collaboration betweenthe European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the SIB SwissInstitute of Bioinformatics and the Protein Information Resource (PIR)and supported mainly by a grant from the U.S. National Institutes ofHealth (NIH). The third column provides the region where the indicatedIgSF domain is located. The region is specified as a range where thedomain is inclusive of the residues defining the range. Column 3 alsoindicates the domain class for the specified region. Column 4 providesthe region where the indicated additional domains are located (signalpeptide, S; extracellular domain, E; transmembrane domain, T;cytoplasmic domain, C). Column 5 indicates for some of the listed IgSFmembers, some of its cognate cell surface binding partners. It isunderstood that reference to amino acids, including to a specificsequence set forth as a SEQ ID NO used to describe domain organization,such as of an IgSF domain, are for illustrative purposes and are notmeant to limit the scope of the embodiments provided. It is understoodthat polypeptides and the description of domains thereof aretheoretically derived based on homology analysis and alignments withsimilar molecules. Thus, the exact locus can vary, and is notnecessarily the same for each protein. Hence, the specific IgSF domain,such as specific IgV domain or IgC domain, can be several amino acids(such as one, two, three, four, five, six or more amino acids) longer orshorter.

TABLE 1 Exemplary IgSF as Inhibitory Receptor Binding Molecules (IRBM)NCBI Protein Accession IgSF Member Amino Acid Sequence Receptor- Number/Cognate Cell (SEQ ID NO) binding UniProtKB Region & Surface PrecursorDomains Protein Domain Other Binding (mature (Synonyms) Identifier ClassDomains Partners residues) Mature ECD CD274 Q9NZQ7.1 24-130 IgV, S:1-18, PD-1, B7-1 SEQ ID NO: 3 SEQ ID SEQ ID (PD-L1, 133-225 IgC2 E:19-238, (19-290) NO: 383 NO: 30 B7-H1) T: 239-259, C: 260-290 PDCD1LQ9BQ51.2 21-118 IgV, S: 1-19, PD-1, RGMb SEQ ID NO: 4 SEQ ID SEQ ID G2122-203 IgC2 E: 20-220, (20-273) NO: 384 NO: 31 (PD-L2, T: 221-241,CD273) C: 242-273 PVR P15151.2 24-139 IgV, S: 1-20, TIGIT, SEQ ID NO: 20SEQ ID SEQ ID (CD155) 145-237 E: 21-343, CD226, CD96, (21-417) NO: 208NO: 47 IgC2, 244- T: 344-367, poliovirus 328 IgC2 C: 368-417 PVRL2Q92692.1 32-156 IgV, S: 1-31, TIGIT, SEQ ID NO: 21 SEQ ID SEQ ID (CD112)162-256 E: 32-360, CD226, (32-538) NO: 209 NO: 48 IgC2, 261- T: 361-381,CD112R 345 IgC2 C: 382-538

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a wild-type or unmodifiedIgD of a binding partner of an inhibitory receptor, such as a sequencethat is or contains an ECD or an IgD domain or domains of a nativebinding partner of an inhibitory receptor or an ortholog thereof. Insome embodiments, the IRBM is or comprises the extracellular domain(ECD), or a portion thereof containing one or more IgSF domains, of anIgSF member set forth in Table 1, e.g. human PD-L1, human PD-L2, humanCD155 or human CD112. In some embodiments, the extracellular domaincomprises an IgV domain or domains and, in some cases, an IgC (e.g. IgC1and/or IgC2) domain or domains. In some embodiments, the IRBM is lessthan the full length sequence of the IgSF binding partner of theinhibitory receptor. For example, in some aspects, the IRBM is or onlycontains the extracellular domain (ECD) or specific binding fragmentthereof of the binding partner. In some embodiments, the IRBM is or onlycontains the IgV domain or the IgC domain or specific binding fragmentof the IgV domain or the IgC domain, or combinations thereof. In someembodiments, the IRBM can be an IgV only, the combination of the IgV andIgC, including the entire extracellular domain (ECD), or any combinationof Ig domains. In some embodiments, the IRBM consists or consistsessentially of the ECD or an IgD domain or domain thereof of a bindingpartner of an inhibitory receptor, such as consists or consistsessentially of the ECD, IgV or IgC domain or domains. In someembodiments, the sequence of the IRBM containing an IgD of a bindingpartner of an inhibitory receptor is a mammalian sequence that includes,but is not limited to, human, mouse, cynomolgus monkey, or rat. In someembodiments, the sequence of IRBM containing an IgD is human. Table 1provides exemplary residues that correspond to ECD, IgV, or IgC regionsof various IgSF domains of binding partners of exemplary inhibitoryreceptors.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD that contains one ormore amino acids modifications, such as one or more substitutions(alternatively, “mutations” or “replacements”), deletions or additions,in an IgD relative to a wild-type or unmodified IgD of a binding partnerof the inhibitory receptor. In some aspects, the vIgD contains up to 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20amino acid modifications, such as amino acid substitutions, deletions oradditions in an IgD domain of an IgSF binding partner of an inhibitoryreceptor, e.g. in an IgD domain of a binding partner set forth inTable 1. The modifications (e.g., substitutions) can be in the IgVdomain or the IgC domain. In some embodiments, the vIgD has up to 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 aminoacid modifications (e.g., substitutions) in the IgV domain or specificbinding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the vIgD has up to 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 aminoacid modifications (e.g., substitutions) in the IgC domain or specificbinding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the vIgD has at leastabout 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%,98%, or 99% sequence identity with the wild-type or unmodified IgD orspecific binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is a variant of a binding partner of aninhibitory receptor (e.g. variant of a molecule set forth in Table 1,e.g. human PD-L1, human PD-L2, human CD155 or human CD112), in which theIRBM is or comprises an ECD, or portion thereof, containing one or morevIgD of an IgSF binding partner of an inhibitory receptor. In someembodiments, the IRBM can comprise an IgV domain or an IgC domain ordomains, or a specific binding fragment of the IgV domain or a specificbinding fragment of the IgC domain or domains in which one or more ofthe IgSF domains (IgV or IgC) contains the one or more amino acidmodifications (e.g. substitutions). In some embodiments, the IRBM cancomprise an IgV domain and an IgC domain or domains, or a specificbinding fragment of the IgV domain and a specific binding fragment ofthe IgC domain or domains, in which at least one of the IgV or IgCdomain contains the amino acid modifications (e.g. substitutions). Insome embodiments, the IRBM consists or consists essentially of the ECDcontaining a vIgD (e.g. IgV and/or IgC). In some embodiments, the IRBMcontains only, such as consists or consists essentially of, an IgVdomain or a specific binding fragment of the IgV domain, in which theone or more amino acid modifications (e.g. substitutions) are located inthe IgV domain or specific binding fragment of the IgV domain. In someembodiments, the IRBM contains only, such as consists or consistsessentially of, an IgC domain or a specific binding fragment of the IgCdomain, in which the one or more amino acid modifications (e.g.substitutions) are located in an IgC domain or specific binding fragmentof an IgC domain.

In some embodiments, the one or more amino acid modifications alter,such as increase, the binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, of theextracellular domain of the binding partner or an IgD domain thereof(e.g. IgV) for its cognate inhibitory receptor. In some embodiments, byvirtue of the altered binding activity, such as binding affinity, thevIgD domain is an affinity-modified IgSF domain. Typically, theaffinity-modified IgSF domain used in or as the IRBM is a human ormurine affinity modified IgSF domain.

In some embodiments, an IRBM containing a vIgD has a binding activity,such as binding affinity, for the inhibitory receptor that is altered,e.g. increased, from that of an IRBM containing a wild-type orunmodified IgD sequence as determined by, for example, solid-phase ELISAimmunoassays, flow cytometry or surface plasmon resonance (Biacore)assays. In some embodiments, the vIgD results in an increased bindingactivity, such as binding affinity, for the inhibitory receptor,relative to a wild-type or unmodified IgD. In some embodiments, theincrease in binding activity, such as binding affinity, for theinhibitory receptor is at least about 5%, such as at least about 10%,15%, 20%, 25%, 35%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 90%, 100%, 200% or more. In someembodiments, the increase in binding activity, such as binding affinity,is more than 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold,7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold 40-fold or 50-fold. Insuch examples, the wild-type or unmodified IgD has the same sequence asthe vIgD except that it does not contain the one or more amino acidmodifications (e.g. substitutions). In some embodiments, the equilibriumdissociation constant (K_(d)) of the IRBM to the inhibitory receptor canbe less than 1×10⁻⁵M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁸ M, 1×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ Mor 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less.

The use of the term “modification”, such as “substitution” does notimply that the present embodiments are limited to a particular method ofmaking the immunomodulatory proteins. An IRBM that is or contains IgD orvIgDs can be made, for example, by de novo peptide synthesis and thusdoes not necessarily require a modification, such as a “substitution” inthe sense of altering a codon to encode for the modification, e.g.substitution. This principle also extends to the terms “addition” and“deletion” of an amino acid residue which likewise do not imply aparticular method of making. The means by which the vIgDs are designedor created is not limited to any particular method. In some embodiments,however, a wild-type or unmodified IgD encoding nucleic acid ismutagenized from wild-type or unmodified IgD genetic material andscreened for desired specific binding activity, such as bindingaffinity, and/or alteration of IFN-gamma expression or other functionalactivity. In some embodiments, a vIgD is synthesized de novo utilizingprotein or nucleic acid sequences available at any number of publiclyavailable databases and then subsequently screened. The National Centerfor Biotechnology Information provides such information and its websiteis publicly accessible via the internet as is the UniProtKB database.

In some embodiments, the IRBM has (i) the sequence of amino acids setforth in SEQ ID NO: 3, 4, 20, 21 or a mature form thereof lacking thesignal sequence, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that exhibits at least85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3, 4, 20 or 21 or the matureform thereof, or (iii) a portion of (i) or (ii) containing theextracellular domain or an IgV domain or IgC domain or specific bindingfragments thereof. In some embodiments, the IRBM has (i) the sequence ofamino acids (i) set forth in SEQ ID NO: 208, 209, 383 or 384, (ii) asequence of amino acids that exhibits at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%,90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequenceidentity to SEQ ID NO: 208, 209, 383 or 384; or (iii) a portion of (i)or (ii) containing the extracellular domain or an IgV domain or IgCdomain or specific binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or comprises an extracellular domain ora portion thereof of an IgSF member that is a binding partner of aninhibitory receptor (e.g. Table 1). In some embodiments, the IRBM has orcomprises the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30, 31, 47,48, or an ortholog thereof. In some cases, the IRBM has or comprises (i)the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30, 31, 47, 48, (ii)a sequence of amino acids that has at least about 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%,89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequence identityto SEQ ID NO: 30, 31, 47, 48, or (iii) is a specific binding fragment ofthe sequence of (i) or (ii) comprising an IgV domain or an IgC domain.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or comprises an IgV domain or an IgCdomain or domains, or a specific binding fragment thereof. In someembodiments, the IRBM has or comprises the amino acid sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO: 55, 309, 310, 353, 666, 761, 1203, 1263, or an orthologthereof. For example, the IRBM has or comprises (i) the sequence ofamino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 55, 309, 310, 353, 666, 761, 1203 or1263, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least about 85%, 86%,87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity to SEQ ID NO: 55, 309, 310, 353, 666, 761, 1203 or 1263, or(iii) a specific binding fragment of the sequence of (i) or (ii).

1. PD-1 Binding Molecule

Provided are immunomodulatory proteins containing an IRBM that is orcontains a binding molecule that binds to PD-1, such as to human PD-1.Programmed death 1 (PD-1) receptor or PD-1 is expressed on NK cells andT cells, including CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, whereby engagement of PD-1 caninhibit activation cell activation, proliferation, and/or expansion. Insome embodiments, the IRBM of the immunomodulatory protein binds to theectodomain of PD-1. In some embodiments, the IRBM binds to PD-1 on thesurface of a cell, such as on the surface of a T cell.

In some embodiments, the provided immunomodulatory protein contains anIRBM that is or contains an antibody that binds PD-1 or is anantigen-binding antibody fragment thereof (e.g. Fab or scFv). In someembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment bindshuman PD-1. For example, in some embodiments, the antibody is nivolumab,pembrolizumab, pidilizumab or BMS-936559 or an antigen binding fragmentcontaining a VH chain region and/or VL chain region of nivolumab,pembrolizumab, pidilizumab or BMS-936559. In some embodiments, theantibody is a single chain variable fragment (e.g. scFv) containing a VHand VL of nivolumab, pembrolizumab, pidilizumab or BMS-936559.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains one or more IgD (e.g. IgVor IgC) or a specific binding fragment thereof, such as an unmodified orwild-type IgD or a vIgD or a specific binding fragment thereof, of anIgSF family member that binds PD-1. In some embodiments, the PD-1 ishuman PD-1. PD-1 is the T-cell costimulatory receptor for the ligandsPD-L1 (also known as cluster of differentiation 274, CD274. B7 homolog 1or B7-H1) and PD-L2 (also known as PDCD1L2, PDCD1LG2, cluster ofdifferentiation 273, CD273. or B7-DC). PD-L1 and PD-L2 are normallyexpressed on the surface of T cells, B cells, and myeloid cells. PD-L1and PD-L2 are negative regulators of immune activation and are capableof down-modulating the immune response via interactions with PD-1.

In some embodiment, the IRBM is or contains one or more IgD (e.g. IgV orIgC) that is an IgD of PD-L1 or PD-L2 polypeptide, such as a wild-typePD-L1 or PD-L2, e.g. a human PD-L1 or human PD-L2. In some aspects, theIRBM contains one or more IgD (e.g. IgV or IgC) that is an vIgDcontaining one or more amino acid modifications (e.g., substitutions,deletions or additions) compared to an IgD of a wild-type or unmodifiedPD-L1 or PD-L2, which, in some aspects, result in increased binding ofthe IRBM to PD-1. Exemplary IgDs or vIgDs of PD-L1 or PD-L2 bindingpartners for inclusion as an IRBM in the provided immunomodulatoryproteins are described. In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains avIgD polypeptide that exhibit increased binding activity, such asbinding affinity, for PD-1 compared to a corresponding wild-type orunmodified IgD.

a. PD-L1 IgD or vIgD

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an IRBM that isor contains one or more IgD, such as an unmodified or wild-type IgD or avIgD, of PD-L1. In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains one or moreIgD domain of a wild-type or unmodified PD-L1, such as a mammalianPD-L1, e.g. a human PD-L1. In some embodiments, the IRBM is not the fulllength sequence of the PD-L1. In some aspects, the IRBM is a solublepolypeptide, is not membrane-expressed and/or lacks the transmembraneand/or cytoplasmic domain of PD-L1. In some embodiments, the IRBM onlycontains an extracellular domain (ECD) or a specific binding fragmentthereof containing a IgD or vIgD, such as only contains an IgV domain oran IgC domain or specific binding fragment thereof, or combinationsthereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains the ECD sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO:30 or 1728 or is a specific binding fragment thereof. Insome embodiments, the IRBM is or contains the IgV sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 309 (containing residues 1-114 of SEQ ID NO:30) or set forthin SEQ ID NO:55, or is a specific binding fragment thereof.

(SEQ ID NO: 30) FTVTVPKDLYVVEYGSNMTIECKFPVEKQLDLAALIVYWEMEDKNIIQFVHGEEDLKVQHSSYRQRARLLKDQLSLGNAALQITDVKLQDAGVYRCMISYGGADYKRITVKVNAPYNKINQRILVVDPVTSEHELTCQAEGYPKAEVIWTSSDHQVLSGKTTTTNSKREEKLFNVTSTLRINTTTNEIFYCTFRRLDPEE NHTAELVIPELPLAHPPNER(SEQ ID NO: 1728) FTVTVPKDLYVVEYGSNMTIECKFPVEKQLDLAALIVYWEMEDKNIIQFVHGEEDLKVQHSSYRQRARLLKDQLSLGNAALQITDVKLQDAGVYRCMISYGGADYKRITVKVNAPYNKINQRILVVDPVTSEHELTCQAEGYPKAEVIWTSSDHQVLSGKTTTTNSKREEKLFNVTSTLRINTTTNEIFYCTFRRLDPEE NHTAELVIPELPLAHPPNERT(SEQ ID NO: 309) FTVTVPKDLYVVEYGSNMTIECKFPVEKQLDLAALIVYWEMEDKNIIQFVHGEEDLKVQHSSYRQRARLLKDQLSLGNAALQITDVKLQDAGVYRCMISY GGADYKRITVKVNA(SEQ ID NO: 55) PKDLYVVEYGSNMTIECKFPVEKQLDLAALIVYWEMEDKNIIQFVHGEEDLKVQHSSYRQRARLLKDQLSLGNAALQITDVKLQDAGVYRCMISYGGADY KRITVKV

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains an IRBM thatis or contains a vIgD containing one or more amino acid modifications,e.g. substitutions, in an IgD of a wild-type or unmodified PD-L1. Insome embodiments, modifications provided herein can be in an IRBMcontaining an unmodified IgD set forth in SEQ ID NO:30, 55, 309 or 1728or in a sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%,94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 30,55, 309 or 1728. In some embodiments, an IRBM containing a vIgD of PD-L1has at least about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity with the sequence set forthin any of SEQ ID NOs: 30, 1728, 55 or 309.

In some embodiments, the vIgD is an affinity-modified IgSF domain thathas an increased binding activity, such as binding affinity, for PD-1relative to the binding activity of the wild-type or unmodified IgD forPD-1. In some embodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g.binding affinity, for PD-1 is increased at least about 5%, such as atleast about 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 35%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200% or more. Insome embodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g. bindingaffinity, is more than 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold,5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold40-fold, or 50-fold. In such examples, the wild-type or unmodified IgDhas the same sequence as the vIgD except that it does not contain theone or more amino acid modifications (e.g. substitutions). In someembodiments, the equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(d)) of the IRBMto PD-1 can be less than 1×10⁻⁵ M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁸ M, 1×10⁻⁹M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹²M or less.

Unless stated otherwise, the amino acid modification(s) present in avIgD of a PD-L1 ECD or an IgD (e.g. IgV) thereof are designated by aminoacid position number corresponding to the numbering of positions of theunmodified ECD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:30 or 1728 or, whereapplicable, the unmodified IgV sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 309(containing residues 1-114, respectively, of SEQ ID NO:30). It is withinthe level of a skilled artisan to identify the corresponding position ofa modification, e.g. amino acid substitution, in an ECD or a portionthereof containing an IgSF domain (e.g. IgV) thereof, such as byalignment of a reference sequence with SEQ ID NOs: 30, 309 or 1728. Inthe listing of modifications throughout this disclosure, the amino acidposition is indicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid listed before the number and the identifiedvariant amino acid substitution listed after the number. If themodification is a deletion of the position a “del” is indicated and ifthe modification is an insertion at the position an “ins” is indicated.In some cases, an insertion is listed with the amino acid positionindicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified (e.g.wild-type) amino acid listed before and after the number and theidentified variant amino acid insertion listed after the unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid.

In some embodiments, the IRBM contains a vIgD that has up to 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions. The one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, can be in the ectodomain(extracellular domain) of the wild-type or unmodified PD-L1. In someembodiments, the one or more amino acid modifications, e.g.substitutions, are in the ECD domain of PD-L1 or a specific bindingfragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgV domain of PD-L1 or aspecific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or moreamino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in an IgC domain ofPD-L1 or a specific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, theone or more amino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgVdomain of PD-L1 or a specific binding fragment thereof and in an IgCdomain or domains of PD-L1 or a specific binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD that has one or moreamino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, in an unmodified IgD ofPD-L1 or a specific binding fragment thereof corresponding toposition(s) 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28,33, 35, 36, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56,57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 68, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78, 79, 83, 85, 89, 90, 93,97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 110, 111, 112, 113, 117, 119, 120,121, 124, 129, 130, 131, 134, 137, 138, 144, 148, 149, 150, 155, 158,160, 163, 165, 167, 170, 171, 173, 175, 176, 177, 179, 180, 183, 185,188, 189, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203,204, 206, 207, 213, or 221, with reference to positions set forth in SEQID NO: 30 or 1728. In some embodiments, a polypeptide containing thevIgD exhibits altered, such as increased, binding activity, e.g. bindingaffinity, to PD-1 compared to a polypeptide containing the wild-type orunmodified PD-L1 IgD.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD of PD-L1 that hasone or more amino acid modification selected from P6S, Y10F, V11A, V11E,Y14S, G15A, S16G, N17D, M18I, M18T, M18V, T19A, T19I, I20L, C22R, K23E,K23N, K23R, E26A, E27D, E27G, K28E, K28I, K28N, K28R, A33D, L35P, I36S,I36T, E40G, M41K, M41V, D43G, D43V, K44E, N45D, N45I, N45T, I46V, I47T,F49S, V50A, H51N, H51R, H51Y, G52R, G52V, E53G, E53V, E54G, D55G, D55N,D55S, D55V, L56Q, K57E, K57R, V58A, V58D, H60R, R64S, Q65L, R68L, K71E,D72G, Q73R, L74P, S75P, N78I, N78S, A79T, I83T, D85E, Q89R, D90G, V93E,M97I, M97K, M97L, I98L, I98T, I98V, S99G, G101D, G101G-ins (G101GG),G102D, A103V, D104G, K106E, K106R, V110M, K111E, K111T, V112A, N113Y,N117S, 1119T, N120S, Q121L, L124S, V129A, V129D, T130A, S131F, E134G,C137R, Q138R, K144E, K144Q, I148V, W149R, T150A, Q155H, S158G, K160M,T163I, K163N, N165Y, K167R, K167T, E170G, K171R, F173I, F173L, K173Y,V175A, S177C, L179P, R180S, T183A, T183I, T185A, I188V, F189L, F189S,T192S, F193S, R194G, R194W, R195G, R195S, R195T, L196S, D197G, P198S,P198T, E199G, E200K, E200N, N201D, N201Y, H202Q, T203A, A204T, L206F,V207A, L213P, OR T221L or a conservative amino acid substitutionthereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD that has two or moreamino acid modifications selected from P6S, Y10F, V11A, V11E, Y14S,G15A, S16G, N17D, M18I, M18T, M18V, T19A, T19I, I20L, C22R, K23E, K23N,K23R, E26A, E27D, E27G, K28E, K28I, K28N, K28R, A33D, L35P, I36S, I36T,E40G, M41K, M41V, D43G, D43V, K44E, N45D, N45I, N45T, I46V, I47T, F49S,V50A, H51N, H51R, H51Y, G52R, G52V, E53G, E53V, E54G, D55G, D55N, D55S,D55V, L56Q, K57E, K57R, V58A, V58D, H60R, R64S, Q65L, R68L, K71E, D72G,Q73R, L74P, S75P, N78I, N78S, A79T, I83T, D85E, Q89R, D90G, V93E, M97I,M97K, M97L, I98L, I98T, I98V, S99G, G101D, G101G-ins (G101GG), G102D,A103V, D104G, K106E, K106R, V110M, K111E, K111T, V112A, N113Y, N117S,1119T, N120S, Q121L, L124S, V129A, V129D, T130A, S131F, E134G, C137R,Q138R, K144E, K144Q, I148V, W149R, T150A, Q155H, S158G, K160M, T163I,K163N, N165Y, K167R, K167T, E170G, K171R, F173I, F173L, K173Y, V175A,S177C, L179P, R180S, T183A, T183I, T185A, I188V, F189L, F189S, T192S,F193S, R194G, R194W, R195G, R195S, R195T, L196S, D197G, P198S, P198T,E199G, E200K, E200N, N201D, N201Y, H202Q, T203A, A204T, L206F, V207A,L213P, or T221L.

In some embodiments, the modification(s), e.g. substitutions(s), can beK28N/M41V/N45T/H51N/K57E, I20L/I36T/N45D/147T, I20L/M41K/K44E,P6S/N45T/N78I/183T, N78I, M41K/N78I, N45T/N78I, I20L/N45T, N45T, M41K,I20L/I36T/N45D, N17D/N45T/V50A/D72G, I20L/F49S, N45T/V50A,I20L/N45T/N78I, I20L/N45T/V50A, M41V/N45T, M41K/N45T, A33D/S75P/D85E,M18I/M41K/D43G/H51R/N78I, V11E/I20L/I36T/N45D/H60R/S75P, A33D/V50A,S16G/A33D/K71E/S75P, E27G/N45T/M97I, E27G/N45T/K57R, A33D/E53V,D43G/N45D/V58A, E40G/D43V/N45T/V50A, Y14S/K28E/N45T A33D/N78S,A33D/N78I, A33D/N45T, A33D/N45T/N78I, E27G/N45T/V50A, N45T/V50A/N78S,I20L/N45TN110M, I20L/I36T/N45T/V50A, N45T/L74P/S75P, N45T/S75P,S75P/K106R, S75P, A33D/S75P, A33D/S75P/D104G, A33D/S75P,I20L/E27G/N45T/V50A, I20L/E27G/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I,I20L/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I, I20L/A33D/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I,I20L/D43G/N45D/N78I, E27G/N45T/V50A/N78I, N45T/V50A/N78I,V11A/I20L/E27G/D43G/N45D/H51Y/S99G, I20L/E27G/D43G/N45T/V50A,I20L/K28E/D43G/N45D/V58A/Q89R, I20L/I36T/N45D,I20L/K28E/D43G/N45D/E53G/V58A/N78I, A33D/D43G/N45D/V58A/S75P,K23R/D43G/N45D, I20L/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I/D90G/G101D,D43G/N45D/L56Q/V58A/G101GG, I20L/K23E/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I,I20L/K23E/D43G/N45D/V50A/N78I, T19I/E27G/N45I/V50A/N78I/M97K,I20L/M41K/D43G/N45D, K23R/N45T/N78I,I20L/K28E/D43G/N45D/V58A/Q89R/G101G-ins (G101GG), K57R/S99G,K57R/S99G/F189L, M18V/M97L/F193S/R195G/E200K/H202Q,I36S/M41K/M97L/K144Q/R195G/E200K/H202Q/L206F,C22R/Q65L/L124S/K144Q/R195G/E200N/H202Q/T221L,M18V/198L/L124S/P198T/L206F, S99G/N117S/I148V/K171R/R180S,I36T/M97L/A103V/Q155H, K28I/S99G, R195S,A79T/S99G/T185A/R195G/E200K/H202Q/L206F, K57R/S99G/L124S/K144Q,K57R/S99G/R195G, D55V/M97L/S99G, E27G/I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E,E54G/M97L/S99G, G15A/I36T/M97L/K111E/H202Q, G15A/I36T/V129D,G15A/I36TN129D/R195G, G15A/V129D, I36S/M97L, I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E/A204T,I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E/V129A/F173L, I36T/D55S/M97L/K111E/I148V/R180S,I36T/G52R/M97L/V112A/K144E/V175A/P198T,I36T/I46V/D55G/M97L/K106E/K144E/T185A/R195G, I36T/I83T/M97L/K144E/P198T,I36T/M97L/K111E, I36T/M97L/K144E/P198T, I36T/M97L/Q155H/F193S/N201Y,I36T/M97L/V129D, L35P/I36S/M97L/K111E,M18I/I36T/E53G/M97L/K144E/E199G/V207A, M18T/I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E,M18V/M97L/T176N/R195G, M97L/S99G, N17D/M97L/S99G,S99G/T185A/R195G/P198T, V129D/H202Q, V129D/P198T, V129D/T150A,V93E/V129D, Y10F/M18V/S99G/Q138R/T203A, N45D, K160M/R195G, N45D/K144E,N45D/P198S, N45D/P198T, N45D/R195G, N45D/R195S, N45D/S131F, N45D/V58D,V129D/R195S, I98T/F173Y/L196S, N45D/E134G/L213P, N45D/F173I/S177C,N45D/I148V/R195G, N45D/K111T/R195G, N45D/N113Y/R195S, N45D/N165Y/E170G,N45D/Q89R/I98V, N45D/S131F/P198S, N45D/S75P/P198S, N45D/V50A/R195T,E27D/N45D/T183A/I188V, F173Y/T183I/L196S/T203A, K23N/N45D/S75P/N120S,N45D/G102D/R194W/R195G, N45D/G52V/Q121L/P198S, N45D/I148V/R195G/N201D,N45D/K111T/T183A/I188V, N45D/Q89R/F189S/P198S, N45D/S99G/C137R/V207A,N45D/T163I/K167R/R195G, N45D/T183A/T192S/R194G, N45D/V50A/I119T/K144E,T19A/N45D/K144E/R195G, V11E/N45D/T130A/P198T, V26A/N45D/T163I/T185A,K23N/N45D/L124S/K167T/R195G, K23N/N45D/Q73R/T163I,K28E/N45D/W149R/S158G/P198T, K28R/N45D/K57E/I98V/R195S,K28R/N45D/V129D/T163N/R195T, M41K/D43G/N45D/R64S/R195G,M41K/D43G/N45D/R64S/S99G, N45D/R68L/F173L/D197G/P198S,N45D/V50A/I148V/R195G/N201D, M41K/D43G/K44E/N45D/R195G/N201D, orN45D/V50A/L124S/K144E/L179P/R195G.

In some embodiments, the IRBM contains a vIgD that has one or more aminoacid modification, e.g. substitutions, in an unmodified PD-L1 orspecific binding fragment thereof corresponding to position(s) 20, 27,33, 36, 43, 45, 50, 58, 75, 78, 97, 99, 195, and/or 198 with referenceto positions set forth in SEQ ID NO:36 or 2655. In some embodiments, theIRBM is or contains a vIgD of PD-L1 that has one or more amino acidmodifications selected from I20L, E27D, E27G, A33D, I36S, I36T, D43G,D43V, N45D, N45I, N45T, V50A, V58A, V58D, S75P, N78I, N78S, M97I, M97K,M97L, S99G, R195G, R195S, R195T, P198S, and/or P198T, or a conservativeamino acid substitution thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains an IgD (e.g. IgV) ofwild-type PD-L1 set forth in Table 2 or a vIgD thereof comprising any ofthe modifications (e.g. substitutions) listed in Table 2. Table 2 alsoprovides exemplary sequences by reference to SEQ ID NO for IRBMscontaining an ECD or IgV domain of PD-L1. As indicated, the exact locusor residues corresponding to a given domain can vary, such as dependingon the methods used to identify or classify the domain. Also, in somecases, adjacent N- and/or C-terminal amino acids of a given domain (e.g.ECD or IgV) also can be included in a sequence of an IRBM, such as toensure proper folding of the domain when expressed. Thus, it isunderstood that the exemplification of the SEQ ID NOS in Table 2 is notto be construed as limiting. For example, the particular domain, such asthe ECD or IgV domain, can be several amino acids longer or shorter,such as 1-10, e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 amino acids longer or shorter,than the sequence of amino acids set forth in the respective SEQ ID NO.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a wild-type PD-L1 ECD setforth in SEQ ID NO:30 or 1728 or a variant ECD sequence set forth in anyone of SEQ ID NOS: 56-120, 1725, 1729-1818, 1819-1907, 1943-2008. Insome embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a sequence that exhibits atleast 90% identity, at least 91% identity, at least 92% identity, atleast 93% identity, at least 94% identity, at least 95% identity, suchas at least 96% identity, 97% identity, 98% identity, or 99% identity toany of the ECD sequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 56-120,1725, 1729-1818, 1819-1907, 1943-2008 and contains the amino acidmodification(s), e.g. substitution(s), not present in the wild-type orunmodified PD-L1 ECD, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:30 or 1728. In someembodiments, the IRBM is or contains a specific binding fragment of anyof the ECD sequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 56-120, 1725,1729-1818, 1819-1907, 1943-2008 and contains the amino acidmodification(s), e.g. substitution(s), not present in a wild-type orunmodified PD-L1 ECD, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO: 30 or 1728.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a wild-type PD-L1 IgV setforth in SEQ ID NO: 55 or 309 or a variant IgV sequence set forth in anyone of SEQ ID NOS: 121-185, 244-308, 1726-1727, 1908-1937. In someembodiments, the IRBM is or contains a sequence that exhibits at least90% identity, at least 91% identity, at least 92% identity, at least 93%identity, at least 94% identity, at least 95% identity, such as at least96% identity, 97% identity, 98% identity, or 99% identity to any of theIgV sequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 121-185, 244-308,1726-1727, 1908-1937 and contains the amino acid modification(s), e.g.substitution(s), not present in the wild-type or unmodified PD-L1, e.g.not present in SEQ ID NO:55 or 309. In some embodiments, the IRBM is orcontains a specific binding fragment of any of the IgV sequences setforth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 121-185, 244-308, 1726-1727, 1908-1937and that contains the amino acid modification(s), e.g. substitution(s),not present in a wild-type or unmodified PD-L1 IgV, e.g. not present inSEQ ID NO:55 or 309.

TABLE 2 Exemplary PD-L1 IRBMs containing an IgD or vIgD ECD SEQ IgV SEQMutation(s) ID NO ID NO Wild-type 30, 1728 55, 309K28N/M41V/N45T/H51N/K57E 56, 1943 121, 244 I20L/I36T/N45D/I47T 57, 1944122, 245 I20L/M41K/K44E 58, 1945 123, 246 P6S/N45T/N78I/I83T 59, 1946124, 247 N78I 60, 1947 125, 248 M41K/N78I 61, 1948 126, 249 N45T/N78I62, 1949 127, 250 I20L/N45T 63, 1950 128, 251 N45T 64, 1951 129, 252M41K 65, 1952 130, 253 I20L/I36T/N45D 66, 1953 131, 254N17D/N45T/V50A/D72G 67, 1954 132, 255 I20L/F49S 68, 1955 133, 256N45T/V50A 69, 1956 134, 257 I20L/N45T/N78I 70, 1957 135, 258I20L/N45T/V50A 71, 1958 136, 259 M41V/N45T 72, 1959 137, 260 M41K/N45T73, 1960 138, 261 A33D/S75P/D85E 74, 1961 139, 262M18I/M41K/D43G/H51R/N78I 75, 1962 140, 263 VI1E/I20L/I36T/N45D/H60R/S75P76, 1963 141, 264 A33D/V50A 77, 1964 142, 265 S16G/A33D/K71E/S75P 78,1965 143, 266 E27G/N45T/M97I 79, 1966 144, 267 E27G/N45T/K57R 80, 1967145, 268 A33D/E53V 81, 1968 146, 269 D43G/N45D/V58A 82, 1969 147, 270E40G/D43V/N45T/V50A 83, 1970 148, 271 Y14S/K28E/N45T 84, 1971 149, 272A33D/N78S 85, 1972 150, 272 A33D/N78I 86, 1973 151, 274 A33D/N45T 87,1974 152, 275 A33D/N45T/N78I 88, 1975 153, 276 E27G/N45T/V50A 89, 1976154, 277 N45T/V50A/N78S 90, 1977 155, 278 I20L/N45T/V110M 91, 1978 156,279 I20L/I36T/N45T/V50A 92, 1979 157, 280 N45T/L74P/S75P 93, 1980 158,281 N45T/S75P 94, 1981 159, 282 S75P/K106R 95, 1982 160, 283 S75P 96,1983 161, 284 A33D/S75P 97, 1984 162, 285 A33D/S75P/D104G 98, 1985 163,286 A33D/S75P 99, 1986 164, 287 I20L/E27G/N45T/V50A 100, 1987 165, 288I20L/E27G/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I 101, 1988 166, 289I20L/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I 102, 1989 167, 290I20L/A33D/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I 103, 1990 168, 291 I20L/D43G/N45D/N78I104, 1991 169, 292 E27G/N45T/V50A/N78I 105, 1992 170, 293 N45T/V50A/N78I106, 1993 171, 294 V11A/I20L/E27G/D43G/N45D/H51Y/S99G 107, 1994 172, 295I20L/E27G/D43G/N45T/V50A 108, 1995 173, 296I20L/K28E/D43G/N45D/V58A/Q89R 109, 1996 174, 297 I20L/I36T/N45D 110,1997 175, 298 I20L/K28E/D43G/N45D/E53G/V58A/N78I 111, 1998 176, 299A33D/D43G/N45D/V58A/S75P 112, 1999 177, 300 K23R/D43G/N45D 113, 2000178, 301 I20L/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I/D90G/G101D 114, 2001 179, 302D43G/N45D/L56Q/V58A/G101G-ins 115, 2002 180, 303 (G101GG)I20L/K23E/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I 116, 2003 181, 304I20L/K23E/D43G/N45D/V50A/N78I 117, 2004 182, 305T19I/E27G/N45I/V50A/N78I/M97K 118, 2005 183, 306 I20L/M41K/D43G/N45D119, 2006 184, 307 K23R/N45T/N78I 120, 2007 185, 308I20L/K28E/D43G/N45D/V58A/Q89R/ 1725, 2008 1726, 1727 G101G-ins (G101GG)K57R/S99G 1729, 1819 1908, 1923 K57R/S99G/F189L 1730, 1820M18V/M97L/F193S/R195G/E200K/H202Q 1731, 1821I36S/M41K/M97L/K144Q/R195G/E200K/ 1732, 1822 H202Q/L206FC22R/Q65L/L124S/K144Q/R195G/E200N/ 1733 H202Q/T221LM18V/I98L/L124S/P198T/L206F 1734, 1823 S99G/N117S/I148V/K171R/R180S1735, 1824 I36T/M97L/A103V/Q155H 1736, 1825 K28I/S99G 1737, 1826 1909,1924 R195S 1738, 1827 A79T/S99G/T185A/R195G/E200K/ 1739, 1828H202Q/L206F K57R/S99G/L124S/K144Q 1740, 1829 K57R/S99G/R195G 1741, 1830D55V/M97L/S99G 1742, 1831 1910, 1925 E27G/I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E 1743,1832 1911, 1926 E54G/M97L/S99G 1744, 1833 1912, 1927G15A/I36T/M97L/K111E/H202Q 1745, 1834 G15A/I36T/V129D 1746, 1835G15A/I36T/V129D/R195G 1747, 1836 G15A/V129D 1748, 1837 I36S/M97L 1749,1838 1913, 1928 I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E/A204T 1750, 1839I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E/V129A/F173L 1751, 1840I36T/D55S/M97L/K111E/I148V/R180S 1752, 1841 I36T/G52R/M97L/V112A/K144E/1753, 1842 V175A/P198T I36T/I46V/D55G/M97L/K106E/K144E/ 1754, 1843T185A/R195G I36T/I83T/M97L/K144E/P198T 1755, 1844 I36T/M97L/K111E 1756,1845 1914, 1929 I36T/M97L/K144E/P198T 1757, 1846I36T/M97L/Q155H/F193S/N201Y 1758, 1847 I36T/M97L/V129D 1759, 1848L35P/I36S/M97L/K111E 1760, 1849 1915, 1930 M18I/I36T/E53G/M97L/K144E/1761, 1850 E199G/V207A M18T/I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E 1762, 1851 1916, 1931M18V/M97L/T176N/R195G 1763, 1852 M97L/S99G 1764, 1853 1917, 1932N17D/M97L/S99G 1765, 1854 1918, 1933 S99G/T185A/R195G/P198T 1766, 1855V129D/H202Q 1767, 1856 V129D/P198T 1768, 1857 V129D/T150A 1769, 1858V93E/V129D 1770, 1859 Y10F/M18V/S99G/Q138R/T203A 1771, 1860 N45D 1772,1861 1919, 1934 K160M/R195G 1773, 1862 N45D/K144E 1774, 1863 N45D/P198S1775, 1864 N45D/P198T 1776, 1865 N45D/R195G 1777, 1866 N45D/R195S 1778,1867 N45D/S131F 1779, 1868 N45D/V58D 1780, 1869 1920, 1935 V129D/R195S1781, 1870 I98T/F173Y/L196S 1782, 1871 N45D/E134G/L213P 1783, 1872N45D/F173I/S177C 1784, 1873 N45D/I148V/R195G 1785, 1874 N45D/K111T/R195G1786, 1875 N45D/N113Y/R195S 1787, 1876 N45D/N165Y/E170G 1788, 1877N45D/Q89R/I98V 1789, 1878 1921, 1936 N45D/S131F/P198S 1790, 1879N45D/S75P/P198S 1791, 1880 N45D/V50A/R195T 1792, 1881E27D/N45D/T183A/I188V 1793, 1882 F173Y/T183I/L196S/T203A 1794, 1883K23N/N45D/S75P/N120S 1795, 1884 N45D/G102D/R194W/R195G 1796, 1885N45D/G52V/Q121L/P198S 1797, 1886 N45D/I148V/R195G/N201D 1798, 1887N45D/K111T/T183A/I188V 1799, 1888 N45D/Q89R/F189S/P198S 1800, 1889N45D/S99G/C137R/V207A 1801, 1890 N45D/T163I/K167R/R195G 1802, 1891N45D/T183A/T192S/R194G 1803, 1892 N45D/V50A/I119T/K144E 1804, 1893T19A/N45D/K144E/R195G 1805, 1894 V11E/N45D/T130A/P198T 1806, 1895V26A/N45D/T163I/T185A 1807, 1896 K23N/N45D/L124S/K167T/R195G 1808, 1897K23N/N45D/Q73R/T163I 1809, 1898 K28E/N45D/W149R/S158G/P198T 1810, 1899K28R/N45D/K57E/I98V/R195S 1811, 1900 K28R/N45D/V129D/T163N/R195T 1812,1901 M41K/D43G/N45D/R64S/R195G 1813, 1902 M41K/D43G/N45D/R64S/S99G 1814,1903 1922, 1937 N45D/R68L/F173L/D197G/P198S 1815, 1904N45D/V50A/I148V/R195G/N201D 1816, 1905 M41K/D43G/K44E/N45D/R195G/N201D1817, 1906 N45D/V50A/L124S/K144E/L179P/R195G 1818, 1907

b. PD-L2 IgD or vIgD

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an IRBM that isor contains one or more IgD domain, such as an unmodified or wild-typeIgD or a vIgD, of PD-L2. In some embodiments, the IRBM is or containsone or more IgD domain of a wild-type or unmodified PD-L2, such as amammalian PD-L1, e.g. a human PD-L1. In some embodiments, the IRBM isnot the full length sequence of the PD-L2. In some aspects, the IRBM isa soluble polypeptide, is not membrane-expressed and/or lacks thetransmembrane and/or cytoplasmic domain of PD-L2. In some embodiments,the IRBM only contains an extracellular domain (ECD) or a specificbinding fragment thereof containing a IgD or vIgD, such as only containsan IgV domain or an IgC domain or specific binding fragment thereof, orcombinations thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains the ECD sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO:31 or is a specific binding fragment thereof. In someembodiments, the IRBM is or contains the IgV sequence set forth in SEQID NO: 1203 or SEQ ID NO:1263 (containing residues 1-98 or 1-102,respectively, of SEQ ID NO:31), or is a specific binding fragmentthereof.

(SEQ ID NO: 31) LFTVTVPKELYIIEHGSNVTLECNFDTGSHVNLGAITASLQKVENDTSPHRERATLLEEQLPLGKASFHIPQVQVRDEGQYQCIIIYGVAWDYKYLTLKVKASYRKINTHILKVPETDEVELTCQATGYPLAEVSWPNVSVPANTSHSRTPEGLYQVTSVLRLKPPPGRNFSCVFWNTHVRELTLASIDLQSQMEPRTHP T (SEQ ID NO: 1203)FTVTVPKELYIIEHGSNVTLECNFDTGSHVNLGAITASLQKVENDTSPHRERATLLEEQLPLGKASFHIPQVQVRDEGQYQCIIIYGVAWDYKYLTLK (SEQ ID NO: 1263)LFTVTVPKELYIIEHGSNVTLECNFDTGSHVNLGAITASLQKVENDTSPHRERATLLEEQLPLGKASFHIPQVQVRDEGQYQCIIIYGVAWDYKYLTLKV KA

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains an IRBM thatis or contains a vIgD containing one or more amino acid modifications,e.g. substitutions, in an IgD of a wild-type or unmodified PD-L2. Insome embodiments, modifications provided herein can be in an IRBMcontaining an unmodified IgD set forth in SEQ ID NO:31, 1203 or 1263 orin a sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 31, 1203or 1263. In some embodiments, an IRBM containing a vIgD of PD-L2 has atleast about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity with the sequence set forth in any ofSEQ ID NOs: 31, 1203 or 1263.

In some embodiments, the vIgD is an affinity-modified IgSF domain thathas an increased binding activity, such as binding affinity, for PD-1relative to the binding activity of the wild-type or unmodified IgD forPD-1. In some embodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g.binding affinity, for PD-1 is increased at least about 5%, such as atleast about 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 35%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200% or more. Insome embodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g. bindingaffinity, is more than 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold,5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold40-fold, or 50-fold. In such examples, the wild-type or unmodified IgDhas the same sequence as the vIgD except that it does not contain theone or more amino acid modifications (e.g. substitutions). In someembodiments, the equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(d)) of the IRBMto PD-1 can be less than 1×10⁻⁵M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁸ M, 1×10⁻⁹M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less.

Unless stated otherwise, the amino acid modification(s) present in avIgD of a PD-L2 ECD or an IgD (e.g. IgV) thereof are designated by aminoacid position number corresponding to the numbering of positions of theunmodified ECD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:31 or, where applicable,the unmodified IgV sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1263. It is withinthe level of a skilled artisan to identify the corresponding position ofa modification, e.g. amino acid substitution, in an ECD or a portionthereof containing an IgSF domain (e.g. IgV) thereof, such as byalignment of a reference sequence with SEQ ID NOs: 31 or 1263. In thelisting of modifications throughout this disclosure, the amino acidposition is indicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid listed before the number and the identifiedvariant amino acid substitution listed after the number. If themodification is a deletion of the position a “del” is indicated and ifthe modification is an insertion at the position an “ins” is indicated.In some cases, an insertion is listed with the amino acid positionindicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified (e.g.wild-type) amino acid listed before and after the number and theidentified variant amino acid insertion listed after the unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid.

In some embodiments, the IRBM contains a vIgD that has up to 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions. The one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, can be in the ectodomain(extracellular domain) of the wild-type or unmodified PD-L2. In someembodiments, the one or more amino acid modifications, e.g.substitutions, are in the ECD domain of PD-L2 or a specific bindingfragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgV domain of PD-L2 or aspecific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or moreamino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in an IgC domain ofPD-L2 or a specific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, theone or more amino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgVdomain of PD-L2 or a specific binding fragment thereof and in an IgCdomain or domains of PD-L2 or a specific binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD that has one or moreamino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions in an unmodified IgD ofPD-L2 or specific binding fragment thereof corresponding to position(s)2, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 44, 45, 46,47, 48, 58, 59, 65, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 82, 85, 86, 89,or 91 with reference to positions set forth in SEQ ID NO: 31. In somecases, a polypeptide containing the vIgD exhibits increased bindingactivity, e.g. binding affinity, to PD-1 compared to a polypeptidecontaining the wild-type or unmodified PD-L2 IgD.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD that has one or moreamino acid modification, e.g. substitution, selected from F2L, I12V,I13V, H15Q, N18D, T20A, N24S, C23S, G28V, N24D, V31A, V31M, N32D, L33P,L33H, L33F, I36V, T37A, S48C, S39I, E44D, N45S, D46E, T47A, E58G, E59G,K65R, S67L, H69L, P71S, Q72H, V73A, Q74R, R76G, D77N, Q82R, I85F, I86T,V89D, or W91R, or a conservative amino acid substitution thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD that has two or moreamino acid modification, e.g. substitution, selected from F2L, I12V,I13V, H15Q, N18D, T20A, N24S, C23S, G28V, N24D, V31A, V31M, N32D, L33P,L33H, L33F, I36V, T37A, S48C, S39I, E44D, N45S, D46E, T47A, E58G, E59G,K65R, S67L, H69L, P71S, Q72H, V73A, Q74R, R76G, D77N, Q82R, I85F, I86T,V89D, W91R.

In some embodiments, the amino acid modification(s), e.g.substitution(s), is H15Q, N24D, E44D, V89D, Q82R/V89D, E59G/Q82R,S39I/V89D, S67L/V89D, S67L/I85F, S67L/I86T, H15Q/K65R, H15Q/Q72H/V89D,H15Q/S67L/R76G, H15Q/R76G/I85F, H15Q/T47A/Q82R, H15Q/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/C23S/I86T, H15Q/S39I/I86T, E44D/V89D/W91R, I13V/S67L/V89D,H15Q/S67L/I86T, I13V/H15Q/S67L/I86T, I13V/H15Q/E44D/V89D,I13V/S39I/E44D/Q82R/V89D, I13V/E44D/Q82R/V89D, I13V/Q72H/R76G/I86T,I13V/H15Q/R76G/I85F, H15Q/S39I/R76G/V89D, H15Q/S67L/R76G/I85F,H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G/I86T, H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G, I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G,H15Q/E44D/R76G/I85F, H15Q/S39I/S67L/V89D, H15Q/N32D/S67L/V89D,N32D/S67L/V89D, H15Q/S67L/Q72H/R76G/V89D, H15Q/Q72H/Q74R/R76G/I86T,G28V/Q72H/R76G/I86T, I13V/H15Q/S39I/E44D/S67L, E44D/S67L/Q72H/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/V89D, H15Q/T47A, I13V/H15Q/Q82R, I13V/H15Q/V89D,I13V/S67L/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/V31M/S67L/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q82R, I13V/H15Q/V31A/N45S/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/T47A/H69L/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/T47A/H69L/R76G/V89D,Il2V/I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/R76G/D77N/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/T47A/R76G/V89D, I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/N24D/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/I36V/T47A/S67L/V89D,H15Q/T47A/K65R/S67L/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/L33P/T47A/S67L/P71S/V89D,I13V/H15Q/Q72H/R76G/I86T, H15Q/T47A/S67L/Q82R/V89D,F2L/H15Q/D46E/T47A/Q72H/R76G/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/L33F/T47A/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/T47A/E58G/S67L/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/N24S/T47A/Q72H/R76G/V89D,I13V/H15Q/E44V/T47A/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/N18D/T47A/Q72H/V73A/R76G/I86T/V89D,I13V/H15Q/T37A/E44D/S48C/S67L/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/L33H/S67L/R76G/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G/I86T, H15Q/S39I/E44D/Q72H/V75G/R76G/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/T47A/S67L/R76G/Q82R/V89D, orI13V/H15Q/T47A/S67L/Q72H/R76G/Q82R/V89D.

In some embodiments, the IRBM contains a vIgD that has one or more aminoacid modification, e.g. substitutions, in an unmodified PD-L2 orspecific binding fragment thereof corresponding to position(s) 13, 15,47, 67, 72, 76, 82, 86, and/or 89 with reference to positions set forthin SEQ ID NO:36 or 2655. In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains avIgD of PD-L1 that has one or more amino acid modifications selectedfrom I13V, H15Q, T47A, S67L, Q72H, R76G, Q82R, I86T, and/or V89D, or aconservative amino acid substitution thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains an IgD (e.g. IgV) ofwild-type PD-L2 set forth in Table 3 or a vIgD comprising any of themodifications (e.g. substitutions) listed in Table 3. Table 3 alsoprovides exemplary sequences by reference to SEQ ID NO for IRBMscontaining an ECD or IgV domain. As indicated, the exact locus orresidues corresponding to a given domain can vary, such as depending onthe methods used to identify or classify the domain. Also, in somecases, adjacent N- and/or C-terminal amino acids of a given domain (e.g.IgV) also can be included in an IRBM, such as to ensure proper foldingof the domain when expressed. Thus, it is understood that theexemplification of the SEQ ID NOS in Table 3 is not to be construed aslimiting. For example, the particular domain, such as the ECD or IgVdomain, can be several amino acids longer or shorter, such as 1-10, e.g.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 amino acids longer or shorter, than the sequenceof amino acids set forth in the respective SEQ ID NO.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a wild-type PD-L2 ECD setforth in SEQ ID NO:31 or a variant ECD sequence set forth in any one ofSEQ ID NOS: 1204-1280. In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains asequence that exhibits at least 90% identity, at least 91% identity, atleast 92% identity, at least 93% identity, at least 94% identity, atleast 95% identity, such as at least 96% identity, 97% identity, 98%identity, or 99% identity to any of the ECD sequences set forth in anyone of SEQ ID NOS: 1204-1280 and contains the amino acidmodification(s), e.g. substitution(s) not present in the wild-type orunmodified PD-L2, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:31. In some embodiments,the IRBM is or contains a specific binding fragment of any of the ECDset forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1204-1280 and contains the aminoacid modification(s), e.g. substitution(s) not present in the wild-typeor unmodified PD-L2 ECD, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:31.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a wild-type PD-L2 IgV setforth in SEQ ID NO: 1203 or 1263 or a variant IgV set forth in any oneof SEQ ID NOS: 1283-1331, 1333-1407, 1309-1432. In some embodiments, theIRBM is or contains a sequence that exhibits at least 90% identity, atleast 91% identity, at least 92% identity, at least 93% identity, atleast 94% identity, at least 95% identity, such as at least 96%identity, 97% identity, 98% identity, or 99% identity to any of the IgVsequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1283-1331, 1333-1407,1309-1432 and contains the amino acid substitution(s) not present in thewild-type or unmodified PD-L2 IgV, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:1203 or1263. In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a specific bindingfragment of any of the IgV sequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS:1283-1331, 1333-1407, 1309-1432 and that contains the amino acidmodification(s), e.g., substitution(s) not present in the wild-type orunmodified PD-L2 IgV, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:1203 or 1263.

TABLE 3 Exemplary PD-L2 IRBMs containing an IgD or vIgD ECD SEQ IgV SEQMutation(s) ID NO ID NO Wild-type  31 1203, 1263 H15Q 1204 1281, 1357N24D 1205 1282, 1358 E44D 1206 1283, 1359 V89D 1207 1284, 1360 Q82R/V89D1208 1285, 1361 E59G/Q82R 1209 1286, 1362 S39I/V89D 1210 1287, 1363S67L/V89D 1211 1288, 1364 S67L/I85F 1212 1289, 1365 S67L/I86T 1213 1290,1366 H15Q/K65R 1214 1291, 1367 H15Q/Q72H/V89D 1215 1292, 1368H15Q/S67L/R76G 1216 1293, 1369 H15Q/R76G/I85F 1217 1294, 1370H15Q/T47A/Q82R 1218 1295, 1371 H15Q/Q82R/V89D 1219 1296, 1372H15Q/C23S/I86T 1220 1297, 1373 H15Q/S39I/I86T 1221 1298, 1374H15Q/R76G/I85F 1222 1299, 1375 E44D/V89D/W91R 1223 1300, 1376I13V/S67L/V89D 1224 1301, 1377 H15Q/S67L/I86T 1225 1302, 1378I13V/H15Q/S67L/I86T 1226 1303, 1379 I13V/H15Q/E44D/V89D 1227 1304, 1380I13V/S39I/E44D/Q82R/V89D 1228 1305, 1381 I13V/E44D/Q82R/V89D 1229 1306,1382 I13V/Q72H/R76G/I86T 1230 1307, 1383 I13V/H15Q/R76G/I85F 1231 1308,1384 H15Q/S39I/R76G/V89D 1232 1309, 1385 H15Q/S67L/R76G/I85F 1233 1310,1386 H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G/I86T 1234 1311, 1387 H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G 12351312, 1388 I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G 1236 1313, 1389 H15Q/E44D/R76G/I85F1237 1314, 1390 H15Q/S39I/S67L/V89D 1238 1315, 1391 H15Q/N32D/S67L/V89D1239 1316, 1392 N32D/S67L/V89D 1240 1317, 1393 H15Q/S67L/Q72H/R76G/V89D1241 1318, 1394 H15Q/Q72H/Q74R/R76G/I86T 1242 1319, 1395G28V/Q72H/R76G/I86T 1243 1320, 1396 I13V/H15Q/S39I/E44D/S67L 1244 1321,1397 E44D/S67L/Q72H/Q82R/V89D 1245 1322, 1398 H15Q/V89D 1246 1323, 1399H15Q/T47A 1247 1324, 1400 I13V/H15Q/Q82R 1248 1325, 1401 I13V/H15Q/V89D1249 1326, 1402 I13V/S67L/Q82R/V89D 1250 1327, 1403 I13V/H15Q/Q82R/V89D1251 1328, 1404 H15Q/V31M/S67L/Q82R/V89D 1252 1329, 1405I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q82R 1253 1330, 1406 I13V/H15Q/V31A/N45S/Q82R/V89D 12541331, 1407 H15Q/T47A/H69L/Q82R/V89D 1256 1333, 1409I13V/H15Q/T47A/H69L/R76G/V89D 1257 1334, 1410I12V/I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q82R/V89D 1258 1335, 1411I13V/H15Q/R76G/D77N/Q82R/V89D 1259 1336, 1412 I13V/H15Q/T47A/R76G/V89D1260 1337, 1413 I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q82R/V89D 1261 1338, 1414I13V/H15Q/N24D/Q82R/V89D 1262 1339, 1415 I13V/H15Q/I36V/T47A/S67L/V89D1264 1340, 1416 H15Q/T47A/K65R/S67L/Q82R/V89D 1265 1341, 1417H15Q/L33P/T47A/S67L/P71S/V89D 1266 1342, 1418 I13V/H15Q/Q72H/R76G/I86T1267 1343, 1419 H15Q/T47A/S67L/Q82R/V89D 1268 1344, 1420F2L/H15Q/D46E/T47A/Q72H/R76G/Q82R/V89D 1269 1345, 1421I13V/H15Q/L33F/T47A/Q82R/V89D 1270 1346, 1422I13V/H15Q/T47A/E58G/S67L/Q82R/V89D 1271 1347, 1423H15Q/N24S/T47A/Q72H/R76G/V89D 1272 1348, 1424I13V/H15Q/E44V/T47A/Q82R/V89D 1273 1349, 1425H15Q/N18D/T47A/Q72H/V73A/R76G/I86T/V89D 1274 1350, 1426I13V/H15Q/T37A/E44D/S48C/S67L/Q82R/V89D 1275 1351, 1427H15Q/L33H/S67L/R76G/Q82R/V89D 1276 1352, 1428I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G/I86T 1277 1353, 1429H15Q/S39I/E44D/Q72H/V75G/R76G/Q82R/V89D 1278 1354, 1430H15Q/T47A/S67L/R76G/Q82R/V89D 1279 1355, 1431I13V/H15Q/T47A/S67L/Q72H/R76G/Q82R/V89D 1280 1356, 1432

2. TIGIT-Binding Molecules

Provided are immunomodulatory proteins containing an IRBM that is orcontains a binding molecule that binds to TIGIT, such as to human TIGIT.Engagement of TIGIT (T cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains)inhibits or down-modulate immune responses. TIGIT, which can beexpressed on NK cells and T cells, can suppress or inhibit the cytolyticactivity of NK cells, T cell proliferation and/or proinflammatorycytokine production. In some embodiments, the IRBM of theimmunomodulatory protein binds to the ectodomain of TIGIT. In someembodiments, the IRBM binds to TIGIT on the surface of a cell, such ason the surface of a T cell.

In some embodiments, the provided immunomodulatory protein contains anIRBM that is or contains an antibody that binds TIGIT or is anantigen-binding antibody fragment thereof (e.g. Fab or scFv). In someembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment bindshuman TIGIT. For example, in some embodiments, the antibody isBMS-986207, OMP-313M32, or RG6058 (MTIG7192A), or an antigen bindingfragment containing a VH chain region and/or VL chain region ofBMS-986207, OMP-313M32, or RG6058 (MTIG7192A). In some embodiments, theantibody is a single chain variable fragment (e.g. scFv) containing a VHand VL of BMS-986207, OMP-313M32, or RG6058 (MTIG7192A).

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains one or more IgD (e.g. IgVor IgC) or a specific binding fragment thereof, such as an unmodified orwild-type IgD or a vIgD or a specific binding fragment thereof, of anIgSF family member that binds TIGIT. In some embodiments, the TIGIT ishuman TIGIT. The ligands CD155 (also known as the poliovirus receptor,PVR) and CD112 (also known as Nectin-2), which are normally expressed onthe surface of APCs (e.g. dendritic cells) can bind TIGIT to inhibit ordown-modulate immune responses.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains one or more IgD (e.g. IgVor IgC) that is an IgD of a CD112 or CD155 polypeptide, such as awild-type CD112 or CD155, e.g. a human CD112 or a human CD155. In someaspects, the IRBM contains one or more IgD (e.g. IgV or IgC) that is avIgD containing one or more amino acid modifications (e.g.,substitutions, deletions or additions) compared to an IgD of a wild-typeor unmodified CD112 or CD155, which, in some aspects, result inincreased binding to TIGIT. Exemplary IgDs or vIgDs of CD112 or CD155binding partners for inclusion as an IRBM in the providedimmunomodulatory proteins are described. In some embodiments, the IRBMis or contains a vIgD polypeptide that exhibit increased bindingactivity or affinity for TIGIT compared to a corresponding wild-type orunmodified IgD.

In some aspects, a vIgD of CD112 or CD155 may exhibit increased bindingactivity, e.g. binding affinity, to the activating receptor CD226. Insuch examples, such a vIgD may be used as an ARBM in the embodimentsprovided herein. In some embodiments, such an ARBM exhibits a greaterbinding activity, e.g. binding affinity, for CD226 than for TIGIT, suchas a binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, that is at least 1.2-fold,1.5-fold, 2.0-fold, 3.0-fold, 4.0-fold, 5.0-fold or 10.0-fold greaterfor CD226 than for TIGIT.

a. CD155 IgD or vIgD

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an IRBM that isor contains one or more IgD domain, such as an unmodified or wild-typeIgD or a vIgD, of CD155. In some embodiments, the IRBM is or containsone or more IgD domain of a wild-type or unmodified CD155, such as amammalian CD155, e.g. a human CD155. In some embodiments, the IRBM isnot the full length sequence of the CD155. In some aspects, the IRBM isa soluble polypeptide, is not membrane-expressed and/or lacks thetransmembrane and/or cytoplasmic domain of CD155. In some embodiments,the IRBM only contains an extracellular domain (ECD) or a specificbinding fragment thereof containing a IgD or vIgD, such as only containsan IgV domain or an IgC domain or specific binding fragment thereof, orcombinations thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains the ECD sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO:47 or is a specific binding fragment thereof. In someembodiments, the IRBM is or contains the IgV sequence set forth in SEQID NO: 310 or SEQ ID NO: 353, or is a specific binding fragment thereof.

(SEQ ID NO: 47) WPPPGTGDVVVQAPTQVPGFLGDSVTLPCYLQVPNMEVTHVSQLTWARHGESGSMAVFHQTQGPSYSESKRLEFVAARLGAELRNASLRMFGLRVEDEGNYTCLFVTFPQGSRSVDIWLRVLAKPQNTAEVQKVQLTGEPVPMARCVSTGGRPPAQITWHSDLGGMPNTSQVPGFLSGTVTVTSLWILVPSSQVDGKNVTCKVEHESFEKPQLLTVNLTVYYPPEVSISGYDNNWYLGQNEATLTCDARSNPEPTGYNWSTTMGPLPPFAVAQGAQLLIRPVDKPINTTLICNVTNALGARQAELTVQVKEGPPSEHSGISRN (SEQ ID NO: 310)PGTGDVVVQAPTQVPGFLGDSVTLPCYLQVPNMEVTHVSQLTWARHGESGSMAVFHQTQGPSYSESKRLEFVAARLGAELRNASLRMFGLRVEDEGNYTC LFVTFPQGSRSVDIWL(SEQ ID NO: 353) WPPPGTGDVVVQAPTQVPGFLGDSVTLPCYLQVPNMEVTHVSQLTWARHGESGSMAVFHQTQGPSYSESKRLEFVAARLGAELRNASLRMFGLRVEDEGNYTCLFVTFPQGSRSVDIWLRVL

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains an IRBM thatis or contains a vIgD containing one or more amino acid modifications,e.g. substitutions, in an IgD of a wild-type or unmodified CD155. Insome embodiments, modifications provided herein can be in an IRBMcontaining an unmodified IgD set forth in SEQ ID NO:37, 310 or 353 or ina sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 37, 310or 353. In some embodiments, an IRBM containing a vIgD of CD155 has atleast about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity with the sequence set forth in any ofSEQ ID NOs: 37, 310 or 353.

In some embodiments, the vIgD is an affinity-modified IgSF domain thathas an increased binding activity, such as binding affinity, for TIGITrelative to the binding affinity of the wild-type or unmodified IgD forTIGIT. In some embodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g.binding affinity, for TIGIT is increased at least about 5%, such as atleast about 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 35%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200% or more. Insome embodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g. bindingaffinity, is more than 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold,5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold40-fold, or 50-fold. In such examples, the wild-type or unmodified IgDhas the same sequence as the vIgD except that it does not contain theone or more amino acid modifications (e.g. substitutions). In someembodiments, the equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(d)) of the IRBMto TIGIT can be less than 1×10⁻⁵M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁸ M, 1×10⁻⁹M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less.

In some aspects, a vIgD of CD155 may exhibit increased binding activity,e.g. binding affinity, to the activating receptor CD226. In someembodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g. binding affinity,for TIGIT is increased at least about 5%, such as at least about 10%,15%, 20%, 25%, 35%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200% or more. In some embodiments,the increase in binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, is more than1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold,8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold 40-fold, or 50-fold. In suchexamples, such a vIgD may be used as an ARBM in the embodiments providedherein. In some embodiments, the equilibrium dissociation constant(K_(d)) of the ARBM to CD226 can be less than 1×10⁻⁵M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷M, 1×10⁻⁸ M, 1×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less. Insome embodiments, such an ARBM exhibits a greater binding activity, e.g.binding affinity, for CD226 than for TIGIT, such as a binding activity,e.g. binding affinity, that is at least 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2.0-fold,3.0-fold, 4.0-fold, 5.0-fold or 10.0-fold greater for CD226 than forTIGIT.

Unless stated otherwise, the amino acid modification(s) present in avIgD of a CD155 ECD or an IgD (e.g. IgV) thereof are designated by aminoacid position number corresponding to the numbering of positions of theunmodified ECD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:47 or, where applicable,the unmodified IgV sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 353. It is withinthe level of a skilled artisan to identify the corresponding position ofa modification, e.g. amino acid substitution, in an ECD or a portionthereof containing an IgSF domain (e.g. IgV) thereof, such as byalignment of a reference sequence with SEQ ID NOs: 47 or 353. In thelisting of modifications throughout this disclosure, the amino acidposition is indicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid listed before the number and the identifiedvariant amino acid substitution listed after the number. If themodification is a deletion of the position a “del” is indicated and ifthe modification is an insertion at the position an “ins” is indicated.In some cases, an insertion is listed with the amino acid positionindicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified (e.g.wild-type) amino acid listed before and after the number and theidentified variant amino acid insertion listed after the unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid.

In some embodiments, the IRBM contains a vIgD that has up to 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions. The one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, can be in the ectodomain(extracellular domain) of the wild-type or unmodified CD155. In someembodiments, the one or more amino acid modifications, e.g.substitutions, are in the ECD domain of CD155 or a specific bindingfragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgV domain of CD155 or aspecific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or moreamino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in an IgC domain ofCD155 or a specific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, theone or more amino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgVdomain of CD155 or a specific binding fragment thereof and in an IgCdomain or domains of CD155 or a specific binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD that has one or moreamino acid modification, e.g. substitutions, in an unmodified IgD ofCD155 or specific binding fragment thereof corresponding to position(s)7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29,30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49,50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69,70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90,91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 104, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111,112, 113, 114, 115, or 116 with reference to positions set forth in SEQID NO: 47. In some embodiments, a polypeptide containing the vIgDexhibits altered, such as increased, binding activity, e.g. bindingaffinity, to TIGIT compared to a polypeptide containing the wild-type orunmodified CD155 IgD.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD of CD155 that hasone or more amino acid modifications selected from G7E, D8G, V9A, V9D,V91, V9L, V10F, V10G, V10I, V11A, V11E, V11M, Q12H, Q12K, Q12L, A13E,A13R, T151, T155, Q16H, P18C, P18F, P18H, P18L, P185, P18T, P18Y, G19D,F20I, F205, F20Y, L21S, L21M, G22S, D23A, D23G, D23N, D23Y, S24A, S24P,V25A, V25E, T26M, C29R, Y30C, Y30F, Y30H, Q32L, Q32R, V33M, P34S, N35D,N35F, N35S, M36I, M36R, M36T, E37G, E37P, E37S, E37V, V38A, V38G, T39A,T39S, H40Q, H40R, H40T, V41A, V41M, S42A, S42C, S42G, S42L, S42N, S42P,S42Q, S42T, S42V, S42W, L44P, L44V, T45A, T45G, T45I, T45S, T45Q, T45V,W46C, W46R, A47E, A47G, A47V, R48Q, H49L, H49Q, H49R, G50S, E51G, E51K,E51V, S52A, S52E, S52G, S52K, 552L, S52M, S52P, S52Q, S52R, S52T, S52W,G53R, S54C, S54G, S54H, S54N, S54R, M55I, M55L, M55V, A56V, V57A, V57L,V57T, F58L, F58Y, H59E, H59N, N59R, Q60H, Q60K, Q60P, Q60R, T61A, T61G,T61K, T61M, T61R, T61S, Q62F, Q62H, Q62K, Q62L, Q62M, Q62R, Q62Y, P64S,S65A, 565C, 565G, S65D, 565T, 565Y, S65H, S65N, 565T, 565W, S67A, S67E,S67G, S67H, S67L, S67T, S67V, S67W, E68G, S69L, S69P, K70E, K70R, K70Q,L72Q, E73D, E73G, E73R, V75A, V75L, A76E, A76G, A76T, A77T, A77V, R78G,R78K, R78S, L79P, L79Q, L79V, G80D, G805, A81E, A81P, A81T, A81V, E82D,E82G, L83P, L83Q, R84W, N85D, N85Y, N87T, L88P, R89K, M901, M90L, M90V,F91S, F91P, F91T, G92A, G92E, G92W, R94H, V95A, E96D, D97G, E98D, E98S,G99D, G99Y, N100Y, T1025, L104E, L104M, L104N, L104P, L104Q, L104T,L104Y, V106A, V106I, V106L, T107A, T107L, T107M, T1075, T107V, F108H,F108L, F108Y, Q110R, G111D, G111R, S112I, S112N, S112V, R113G, R113W,S114N, S114T, V115A, V115M, D116G, or D116N, or a conservative aminoacid substitution thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD that has two or moreamino acid modifications selected from G7E, D8G, V9A, V9D, V91, V9L,V10F, V10G, V10I, V11A, V11E, V11M, Q12H, Q12K, Q12L, A13E, A13R, T151,T15S, Q16H, P18C, P18F, P18H, P18L, P18S, P18T, P18Y, G19D, F20I, F20S,F20Y, L21S, L21M, G22S, D23A, D23G, D23N, D23Y, S24A, S24P, V25A, V25E,T26M, C29R, Y30C, Y30F, Y30H, Q32L, Q32R, V33M, P34S, N35D, N35F, N35S,M36I, M36R, M36T, E37G, E37P, E37S, E37V, V38A, V38G, T39A, T39S, H40Q,H40R, H40T, V41A, V41M, S42A, S42C, S42G, S42L, S42N, S42P, S42Q, S42T,S42V, S42W, L44P, L44V, T45A, T45G, T45I, T45S, T45Q, T45V, W46C, W46R,A47E, A47G, A47V, R48Q, H49L, H49Q, H49R, G50S, E51G, E51K, E51V, S52A,S52E, S52G, S52K, S52L, S52M, S52P, S52Q, S52R, S52T, S52W, G53R, S54C,S54G, S54H, S54N, S54R, M55I, M55L, M55V, A56V, V57A, V57L, V57T, F58L,F58Y, H59E, H59N, N59R, Q60H, Q60K, Q60P, Q60R, T61A, T61G, T61K, T61M,T61R, T61S, Q62F, Q62H, Q62K, Q62L, Q62M, Q62R, Q62Y, P64S, S65A, S65C,S65G, S65D, S65T, S65Y, S65H, S65N, S65T, S65W, S67A, S67E, S67G, S67H,S67L, S67T, S67V, S67W, E68D, E68G, S69L, S69P, K70E, K70R, K70Q, L72Q,E73D, E73G, E73R, V75A, V75L, A76E, A76G, A76T, A77T, A77V, R78G, R78K,R78S, L79P, L79Q, L79V, G80D, G80S, A81E, A81P, A81T, A81V, E82D, E82G,L83P, L83Q, R84W, N85D, N85Y, N87T, L88P, R89K, M901, M90L, M90V, F91S,F91T, F91P, G92A, G92E, G92W, R94H, V95A, E96D, D97G, E98D, E98S, G99D,G99Y, N100Y, T102S, L104E, L104M, L104N, L104P, L104Q, L104T, L104Y,V106A, V106I, V106L, T107A, T107L, T107M, T107S, T107V, F108H, F108L,F108Y, Q110R, G111D, G111R, S112I, S112N, S112V, R113G, R113W, S114N,S114T, V115A, V115M, D116G, or D116N.

In some embodiments, the amino acid modification(s), e.g.substitutions(s), is P18S/P64S/F91S, P18S/F91S/L104P, P18L/L79V/F91S,P18S/F91S, P18T/F91S, P18T/S42P/F91S, G7E/P18T/Y30C/F91S,P18T/F91S/G111D, P18S/F91P, P18T/F91S/F108L, P18S/F91S, P18T/T45A/F91S,P18T/F91S/R94H, P18S/Y30C/F91S, A81V/L83P, A13E/P18S/A56V/F91S,P18T/F91S/V115A, P18T/Q60K, S52M, T45Q/S52L/L104E/G111R, S42G, Q62F,S52Q, S42A/L104Q/G111R, S42A/S52Q/L104Q/G111R, S52W/L104E, S42C, S52W,S52M/L104Q, S42L/S52L/Q62F/L104Q, S42W, S42Q, S52L, S52R, L104E, G111R,S52E, Q62Y, T45Q/S52M/L104E, S42N/L104Q/G111R, S52M/V57L,S42N/S52Q/Q62F, S42A/S52L/L104E/G111R, S42W/S52Q/V57L/Q62Y, L104Q,S42L/S52Q/L104E, S42C/S52L, S42W/S52R/Q62Y/L104Q, T45Q/S52R/L104E,S52R/Q62F/L104Q/G111R, T45Q/S52L/V57L/L104E, S52M/Q62Y,Q62F/L104E/G111R, T45Q/S52Q, S52L/L104E, S42V/S52E, T45Q/S52R/G111R,S42G/S52Q/L104E/G111R, S42N/S52E/V57L/L104E, S42C/S52M/Q62F, S42L, S42A,S42G/S52L/Q62F/L104Q, S42N, P18T/S65A/S67V/F91S,P18F/T39A/T45Q/T61R/S65N/S67L/E73G/R78G, P18T/T45Q/T61R/S65N/S67L,P18F/S65A/S67V/F91S, P18F/T45Q/T61R/S65N/S67L/F91S/L104P,P18S/L79P/L104M, P18S/L104M, L79P/L104M, P18T/T45Q/L79P,P18T/T45Q/T61R/S65H/S67H, P18T/A81E,P18S/D23Y/E37P/S52G/Q62M/G80S/A81P/G99Y/S112N,A13R/D23Y/E37P/S42P/Q62Y/A81E, A13R/D23Y/E37P/G99Y/S112N,A13R/D23Y/E37P/Q62M/A77V/G80S/A81P/G99Y,P18L/E37S/Q62M/G80S/A81P/G99Y/S112N, P18S/L104T, P18S/Q62H/L79Q/F91S,T45Q/S52K/Q62F/L104Q/G111R, T45Q/S52Q/Q62Y/L104Q/G111R,T45Q/S52Q/Q62Y/L104E/G111R, V57A/T61M/S65W/S67A/E96D/L104T,P18L/V57T/T61S/S65Y/S67A/L104T, P18T/T45Q,P18L/V57A/T61M/S65W/S67A/L104T, T61M/S65W/S67A/L104T,P18S/V41A/S42G/T45G/L104N,P18H/S42G/T45I/S52T/G53R/S54H/V57L/H59E/T61S/S65D/E68G/L104N,P18S/S42G/T45V/F58L/S67W/L104N, P18S/T45I/L104N,P18S/S42G/T45G/L104N/V106A,P18H/H40R/S42G/T45I/S52T/G53R/S54H/V57L/H59E/T61S/S65D/E68G/L104Y/V106L/F108H,E37V/S42G/T45G/L104N, P18S/T45Q/L79P/L104T, P18L/Q62R,A13R/D23Y/E37P/S42L/S52G/Q62Y/A81E, P18L/H49R/L104T/D116N,A13R/D23Y/E37P/Q62M/G80S/A81P/L104T, S65T/L104T,A13R/D23Y/E37P/S52G/V57A/Q62M/K70E/L104T, P18L/A47V/Q62Y/E73D/L104T,H40T/V41M/A47V/S52Q/Q62L/S65T/E73R/D97G/E98S/L104T/D116N,P18L/S42P/T45Q/T61G/S65H/S67E/L104T/D116N,P18S/H40T/V41M/A47V/S52Q/Q62L/S65T/E73R/L104M/V106A,H40T/V41M/A47V/S52Q/Q62L/S65T/E68G/E73R/D97G/E98S/L104T,T45Q/S52E/L104E, T45Q/S52E/Q62F/L104E,P18F/T26M/L44V/Q62K/L79P/F91S/L104M/G111D,P18S/T45S/T61K/S65W/S67A/F91S/G111R, P18S/L79P/L104M/T107M,P18S/S65W/S67A/M90V/V95A/L104Q/G111R,P18S/A47G/L79P/F91S/L104M/T107A/R113W,P18T/D23G/S24A/N35D/H49L/L79P/F91S/L104M/G111R,V9L/P18S/Q60R/V75L/L79P/R89K/F91S/L104E/G111R,P18S/H49R/E73D/L79P/N85D/F91S/V95A/L104M/G111R,V11A/P18S/L79P/F91S/L104M/G111R,V11A/P18S/S54R/Q60P/Q62K/L79P/N85D/F91S/T107M,P18T/S52P/S65A/S67V/L79P/F91S/L104M/G111R, P18T/M36T/L79P/F91S/G111R,D8G/P18S/M361/V38A/H49Q/A76E/F91S/L104M/T107A/R113W,P18S/S52P/S65A/S67V/L79P/F91S/L104M/T107S/R113W,T151/P18T/L79P/F91S/L104M/G111R,P18F/T26M/L44V/Q62K/L79P/E82D/F91S/L104M/G111D,P18T/E37G/G53R/Q62K/L79P/F91S/E98D/L104M/T107M,P18L/K70E/L79P/F91S/V95A/G111R,V91/Q12K/P18F/S65A/S67V/L79P/L104T/G111R/S1121,P18F/S65A/S67V/F91S/L104M/G111R,V9I/V10I/P18S/F20S/T45A/L79P/F91S/L104M/F108Y/G111R/S112V,V9L/P18L/L79P/M901/F91S/T102S/L104M/G111R,P18C/T26M/L44V/M551/Q62K/L79P/F91S/L104M/T107M,V9I/P18T/D23G/L79P/F91S/G111R, P18F/L79P/M90L/F91S/V95A/L104M/G111R,P18T/M36T/S65A/S67E/L79Q/A81T/F91S/G111R,V9L/P18T/Q62R/L79P/F91S/L104M/G111R, P18S/S65W/S67A/L104Q/G111R,P18T/G19D/M36T/S54N/L79P/L83Q/F91S/T107M/F108Y,V9L/P18L/M55V/S69L/L79P/A81E/F91S/T 107M,P18F/H40Q/T61K/Q62K/L79P/F91S/L104M/T107V,P18S/Q32R/Q62K/R78G/L79P/F91S/T107A/R113W,Q12H/P18T/L21S/G22S/V57A/Q62R/L79P/F91S/T107M,V91/P18S/S24P/H49Q/F58Y/Q60R/Q62K/L79P/F91S/T107M,P18T/W46C/H49R/S65A/S67V/A76T/L79P/S87T/L104M,P18S/S42T/E51G/L79P/F91S/G92W/T107M,V10F/T15S/P18L/R48Q/L79P/F91S/T107M/V115M,P18S/L21M/Y30F/N35D/R84W/F91S/T107M/D116G,P18F/E51V/S54G/Q60R/L79Q/E82G/S87T/M901/F91S/G92R/T107M,Ql6H/P18F/F91S/T107M, P18T/D23G/Q60R/S67L/L79P/F91S/T107M/V115A,D8G/V9I/V11A/P18T/T26M/S52P/L79P/F91S/G92A/T107L/V115A,V9I/P18F/A47E/G50S/E68G/L79P/F91S/T107M,P18S/M551/Q62K/S69P/L79P/F91S/T107M,P18T/T39S/S52P/S54R/L79P/F91S/T107M, P18S/D23N/L79P/F91S/T107M/S114N,P18S/P34S/E51V/L79P/F91S/G111R,P18S/H59N/V75A/L79P/A81T/F91S/L104M/T107M,P18S/W46R/E68D/L79P/F91S/T107M/R113G,V9L/P18F/T45A/S65A/S67V/R78K/L79V/F91S/T107M/S114T,P18T/M55L/T61R/L79P/F91S/V106I/T107M,T151/P18S/V33M/N35F/T39S/M55L/R78S/L79P/F91S/T107M,P18S/Q62K/K70E/L79P/F91S/G92E/R113W, P18F/F201/T26M/A47V/E51K/L79P/F91S,P18T/D23A/Q60H/L79P/M90V/F91S/T107M,P18S/D23G/C29R/N35D/E37G/M551/Q62K/S65A/S67G/R78G/L79P/F91S/L104M/T107M/Q110R,A13E/P18S/M36R/Q62K/S67T/L79P/N85D/F91S/T107M,V9I/P18T/H49R/L79P/N85D/F91S/L104T/T107M,V9A/P18F/T61S/Q62L/L79P/F91S/G111R, D8E/P18T/T61A/L79P/F91S/T107M,P18S/V41A/H49R/S54C/L79S/N85Y/L88P/F91S/L104M/T107M,V11E/P18H/F20Y/V25E/N35S/H49R/L79P/F91S/T107M/G111R,V11A/P18F/D23A/L79P/G80D/V95A/T107M, P18S/K70R/L79P/F91S/G111R,V9L/V11M/P18S/N35S/S54G/Q62K/L79P/L104M/T107M/V115M,V9L/P18Y/V25A/V38G/M55V/A77T/L79P/M901/F91S/L104M,V10G/P18T/L72Q/L79P/F91S/T107M, P18S/H59R/A76G/R78S/L79P,V9A/P18S/M36T/S65G/L79P/F91S/L104T/G111R/S1121,P18T/S52A/V57A/Q60R/Q62K/S65C/L79P/F91T/N100Y/T107M,V11A/P18F/N35D/A47E/Q62K/L79P/F91S/G99D/T107M/S114N,V11A/P18T/N35S/L79P/S87T/F91S,V9D/V11M/Q12L/P18S/E37V/M551/Q60R/K70Q/L79P/F91S/L104M/T107M, orT15S/P18S/Y30H/Q32L/Q62R/L79P/F91S/T107M.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains an IgD (e.g. IgV) of awild-type CD155 polypeptide set forth in Table 4 or a vIgD thereofcomprising any of the modifications (e.g. substitutions) listed in Table4. Table 4 also provides exemplary sequences by reference to SEQ ID NOfor IRBMs containing an ECD or IgV domain of CD155. As indicated, theexact locus or residues corresponding to a given domain can vary, suchas depending on the methods used to identify or classify the domain.Also, in some cases, adjacent N- and/or C-terminal amino acids of agiven domain (e.g. ECD or IgV) also can be included in a sequence of anIRBM, such as to ensure proper folding of the domain when expressed.Thus, it is understood that the exemplification of the SEQ ID NOS inTable 4 is not to be construed as limiting. For example, the particulardomain, such as the ECD or IgV domain, can be several amino acids longeror shorter, such as 1-10, e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 amino acids longeror shorter, than the sequence of amino acids set forth in the respectiveSEQ ID NO.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a wild-type ECD set forthin SEQ ID NO: 47 or a variant ECD sequence set forth in any one of SEQID NOS: 311-331, 375-471, 1551-1622. In some embodiments, the IRBM is orcontains a sequence that exhibits at least 90% identity, at least 91%identity, at least 92% identity, at least 93% identity, at least 94%identity, at least 95% identity, such as at least 96% identity, 97%identity, 98% identity, or 99% identity to any of the ECD sequences setforth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 311-331, 375-471, 1551-1622 and containsthe amino acid modification(s), e.g. substitution(s) not present in thewild-type or unmodified CD155 ECD, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:47. Insome embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a specific binding fragment ofany of the ECD sequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 311-331,375-471, 1551-1622 and that contains the amino acid modification(s),e.g. substitution(s) not present in the wild-type or unmodified CD155ECD, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:47.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a wild-type CD155 IgV setforth in SEQ ID NO: 310 or 353 or a variant IgV set forth in any one ofSEQ ID NOS: 332-352, 354-374, 472-665, 1505-1550, 1575-1576, 1623-1714.In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a sequence that exhibits atleast 90% identity, at least 91% identity, at least 92% identity, atleast 93% identity, at least 94% identity, at least 95% identity, suchas at least 96% identity, 97% identity, 98% identity, or 99% identity toany of the IgV sequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 332-352,354-374, 472-665, 1505-1550, 1575-1576, 1623-1714 and contains the aminoacid modification(s), e.g. substitution(s), not present in the wild-typeor unmodified CD155 IgV, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO: 310 or 353. Insome embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a specific binding fragment ofany of the IgV sequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 332-352,354-374, 472-665, 1505-1550, 1575-1576, 1623-1714 and that contains theamino acid modification(s), e.g. substitution(s) not present in thewild-type or unmodified CD155 IgV, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO: 310 or353.

TABLE 4 Exemplary CD155 IRBMs containing an IgD or vIgD ECD SEQ IgV SEQID Mutation(s) ID NO NO Wild-type 47 310, 353 P18S, P64S, F91S 311 332,354 P18S, F91S, L104P 312 333, 355 L44P 313 334, 356 A56V 314 335, 357P18L, L79V, F91S 315 336, 358 P18S, F91S 316 337, 359 P18T, F91S 317338, 360 P18T, S42P, F91S 318 339, 361 G7E, P18T, Y30C, F91S 319 340,362 P18T, F91S, G111D 320 341, 363 P18S, F91P 321 342, 364 P18T, F91S,F108L 322 343, 365 P18T, T45A, F91S 323 344, 366 P18T, F91S, R94H 324345, 367 P18S, Y30C, F91S 325 346, 368 A81V, L83P 326 347, 369 L88P 327348, 370 R94H 328 349, 371 ABE, P18S, A56V, F91S 329 350, 372 P18T,F91S, V115A 330 351, 373 P18T, Q60K 331 352, 374 S52M 375 472, 569 T45Q,S52L, L104E, G111R 376 473, 570 S42G 377 474, 571 Q62F 378 475, 572 S52Q379 476, 573 S42A, L104Q, G111R 380 477, 574 S42A, S52Q, L104Q, G111R381 478, 575 S52W, L104E 382 479, 576 S42C 383 480, 577 S52W 384 481,578 S52M, L104Q 385 482, 579 S42L, S52L, Q62F, L104Q 386 483, 580 S42W387 484, 581 S42Q 388 485, 582 S52L 389 486, 583 S52R 390 487, 584 L104E391 488, 585 G111R 392 489, 586 S52E 393 490, 587 Q62Y 394 491, 588T45Q, S52M, L104E 395 492, 589 S42N, L104Q, G111R 396 493, 590 S52M,V57L 397 494, 591 S42N, S52Q, Q62F 398 495, 592 S42A, S52L, L104E, G111R399 496, 593 S42W, S52Q, V57L, Q62Y 400 497, 594 L104Q 401 498, 595S42L, S52Q, L104E 402 499, 596 S42C, S52L 403 500, 597 S42W, S52R, Q62Y,L104Q 404 501, 598 T45Q, S52R, L104E 405 502, 599 S52R, Q62F, L104Q,G111R 406 503, 600 T45Q, S52L, V57L, L104E 407 504, 601 S52M, Q62Y 408505, 602 Q62F, L104E, G111R 409 506, 603 T45Q, S52Q 410 507, 604 S52L,L104E 411 508, 605 S42V, S52E 412 509, 606 T45Q, S52R, G111R 413 510,607 S42G, S52Q, L104E, G111R 414 511, 608 S42N, S52E, V57L, L104E 415512, 609 S42C, S52M, Q62F 416 513, 610 S42L 417 514, 611 S42A 418 515,612 S42G, S52L, Q62F, L104Q 419 516, 613 S42N 420 517, 614 P18T, S65A,S67V, F91S 421 518, 615 P18F, T39A, T45Q, T61R, S65N, S67L, E73G, R78G422 519, 616 P18T, T45Q, T61R, S65N, S67L 423 520, 617 P18F, S65A, S67V,F91S 424 521, 618 P18F, T45Q, T61R, S65N, S67L, F91S, L104P 425 522, 619P18S, L79P, L104M 426 523, 620 P18S, L104M 427 524, 621 L79P, L104M 428525, 622 P18T, T45Q, L79P 429 526, 623 P18T, T45Q, T61R, S65H, S67H 430527, 624 P18T, A81E 431 528, 625 P18S, D23Y, E37P, S52G, Q62M, G80S,A81P, G99Y, S112N 432 529, 626 A13R, D23Y, E37P, S42P, Q62Y, A81E 433530, 627 A13R, D23Y, E37P, G99Y, S112N 434 531, 628 A13R, D23Y, E37P,Q62M, A77V, G80S, A81P, G99Y 435 532, 629 P18L, E37S, Q62M, G80S, A81P,G99Y, S112N 436 533, 630 P18S, L104T 437 534, 631 P18S, Q62H, L79Q, F91S438 535, 632 T45Q, S52K, Q62F, L104Q, G111R 439 536, 633 T45Q, S52Q,Q62Y, L104Q, G111R 440 537, 634 T45Q, S52Q, Q62Y, L104E, G111R 441 538,635 V57A, T61M, S65W, S67A, E96D, L104T 442 539, 636 P18L, V57T, T61S,S65Y, S67A, L104T 443 540, 637 P18T, T45Q 444 541, 638 P18L, V57A, T61M,S65W, S67A, L104T 445 542, 639 T61M, S65W, S67A, L104T 446 543, 640P18S, V41A, S42G, T45G, L104N 447 544, 641 P18H, S42G, T45I, S52T, G53R,S54H, V57L, H59E, T61S, S65D, E68G, L104N 448 545, 642 P18S, S42G, T45V,F58L, S67W, L104N 449 546, 643 P18S, T45I, L104N 450 547, 644 P18S,S42G, T45G, L104N, V106A 451 548, 645 P18H, H40R, S42G, T45I, S52T,G53R, S54H, V57L, H59E, T61S, S65D, E68G, 452 549, 646 L104Y, V106L,F108H E37V, S42G, T45G, L104N 453 550, 647 P18S, T45Q, L79P, L104T 454551, 648 P18L, Q62R 455 552, 649 A13R, D23Y, E37P, S42L, S52G, Q62Y,A81E 456 553, 650 P18L, H49R, L104T, D116N 457 554, 651 A13R, D23Y,E37P, Q62M, G80S, A81P, L104T 458 555, 652 S65T, L104T 459 556, 653A13R, D23Y, E37P, S52G, V57A, Q62M, K70E, L104T 460 557, 654 P18L, A47V,Q62Y, E73D, L104T 461 558, 655 H40T, V41M, A47V, S52Q, Q62L, S65T, E73R,D97G, E98S, L104T, D116N 462 559, 656 P18L, S42P, T45Q, T61G, S65H,S67E, L104T, D116N 463 560, 657 P18S, H40T, V41M, A47V, S52Q, Q62L,S65T, E73R, L104M, V106A 464 561, 658 H40T, V41M, A47V, S52Q, Q62L,S65T, E68G, E73R, D97G, E98S, L104T 465 562, 659 T45Q, S52E, L104E 466563, 660 T45Q, S52E, Q62F, L104E 467 564, 661 P18F, T26M, L44V, Q62K,L79P, F91S, L104M, G111D 468 565, 662 P18S, T45S, T61K, S65W, S67A,F91S, G111R 469 566, 663 P18S, L79P, L104M, T107M 470 567, 664 P18S,S65W, S67A, M90V, V95A, L104Q, G111R 471 568, 665 P18S, A47G, L79P,F91S, L104M, T107A, R113W 1551 1505, 1528 P18T, D23G, S24A, N35D, H49L,L79P, F91S, L104M, G111R 1552 1506, 1529 V9L, P18S, Q60R, V75L, L79P,R89K, F91S, L104E, G111R 1553 1507, 1530 P18S, H49R, E73D, L79P, N85D,F91S, V95A, L104M, G111R 1554 1508, 1531 V11A, P18S, L79P, F91S, L104M,G111R 1555 1509, 1532 V11A, P18S, S54R, Q60P, Q62K, L79P, N85D, F91S,T107M 1556 1510, 1533 P18T, S52P, S65A, S67V, L79P, F91S, L104M, G111R1557 1511, 1534 P18T, M36T, L79P, F91S, G111R 1558 1512, 1535 D8G, P18S,M36I, V38A, H49Q, A76E, F91S, L104M, T107A, R113W 1559 1513, 1536 P18S,S52P, S65A, S67V, L79P, F91S, L104M, T107S, R113W 1560 1514, 1537 T15I,P18T, L79P, F91S, L104M, G111R 1561 1515, 1538 P18F, T26M, L44V, Q62K,L79P, E82D, F91S, L104M, G11 ID 1562 1516, 1539 P18T, E37G, G53R, Q62K,L79P, F91S, E98D, L104M, T107M 1563 1517, 1540 P18L, K70E, L79P, F91S,V95A, G111R 1564 1518, 1541 V9I, Q12K, P18F, S65A, S67V, L79P, L104T,G111R, S1121 1565 1519, 1542 P18F, S65A, S67V, F91S, L104M, G111R 15661520, 1543 V9I, V10I, P18S, F20S, T45A, L79P, F91S, L104M, F108Y, G111R,S112V 1567 1521, 1544 V9L, P18L, L79P, M90I, F91S, T102S, L104M, G111R1568 1522, 1545 P18C, T26M, L44V, M55I, Q62K, L79P, F91S, L104M, T107M1569 1523, 1546 V91, P18T, D23G, L79P, F91S, G111R 1570 1524, 1547 P18F,L79P, M90L, F91S, V95A, L104M, G111R 1571 1525, 1548 P18T, M36T, S65A,S67E, L79Q, A81T, F91S, G111R 1572 1526, 1549 V9L, P18T, Q62R, L79P,F91S, L104M, G111R 1573 1527, 1550 P18S, S65W, S67A, L104Q, G111R 15741575, 1576 P18T, G19D, M36T, S54N, L79P, L83Q, F91S, T107M, F108Y 15771623, 1669 V9L, P18L, M55V, S69L, L79P, A81E, F91S, T107M 1578 1624,1670 P18F, H40Q, T61K, Q62K, L79P, F91S, L104M, T107V 1579 1625, 1671P18S, Q32R, Q62K, R78G, L79P, F91S, T107A, R113W 1580 1626, 1672 Q12H,P18T, L21S, G22S, V57A, Q62R, L79P, F91S, T107M 1581 1627, 1673 V9I,P18S, S24P, H49Q, F58Y, Q60R, Q62K, L79P, F91S, T107M 1582 1628, 1674P18T, W46C, H49R, S65A, S67V, A76T, L79P, S87T, L104M 1583 1629, 1675P18S, S42T, E51G, L79P, F91S, G92W, T107M 1584 1630, 1676 V10F, T15S,P18L, R48Q, L79P, F91S, T107M, VI15M 1585 1631, 1677 P18S, L21M, Y30F,N35D, R84W, F91S, T107M, D116G 1586 1632, 1678 P18F, E51V, S54G, Q60R,L79Q, E82G, S87T, M90I, F91S, G92R, T107M 1587 1633, 1679 Q16H, P18F,F91S, T107M 1588 1634, 1680 P18T, D23G, Q60R, S67L, L79P, F91S, T107M,V115A 1589 1635, 1681 D8G, V9I, V11A, P18T, T26M, S52P, L79P, F91S,G92A, T107L, V115A 1590 1636, 1682 V9I, P18F, A47E, G50S, E68G, L79P,F91S, T107M 1591 1637, 1683 P18S, M55I, Q62K, S69P, L79P, F91S, T107M1592 1638, 1684 P18T, T39S, S52P, S54R, L79P, F91S, T107M 1593 1639,1685 P18S, D23N, L79P, F91S, T107M, S114N 1594 1640, 1686 P18S, P34S,E51V, L79P, F91S, G111R 1595 1641, 1687 P18S, H59N, V75A, L79P, A81T,F91S, L104M, T107M 1596 1642, 1688 P18S, W46R, E68D, L79P, F91S, T107M,R113G 1597 1643, 1689 V9L, P18F, T45A, S65A, S67V, R78K, L79V, F91S,T107M, S114T 1598 1644, 1690 P18T, M55L, T61R, L79P, F91S, V106I, T107M1599 1645, 1691 T15I, P18S, V33M, N35F, T39S, M55L, R78S, L79P, F91S,T107M 1600 1646, 1692 P18S, Q62K, K70E, L79P, F91S, G92E, R113W 16011647, 1693 P18F, F20I, T26M, A47V, E51K, L79P, F91S 1602 1648, 1694P18T, D23A, Q60H, L79P, M90V, F91S, T107M 1603 1649, 1695 P18S, D23G,C29R, N35D, E37G, M55I, Q62K, S65A, S67G, R78G, L79P, F91S, 1604 1650,1696 L104M, T107M, Q110R ABE, P18S, M36R, Q62K, S67T, L79P, N85D, F91S,T107M 1605 1651, 1697 V91, P18T, H49R, L79P, N85D, F91S, L104T, T107M1606 1652, 1698 V9A, P18F, T61S, Q62L, L79P, F91S, G111R 1607 1653, 1699D8E, P18T, T61A, L79P, F91S, T107M 1608 1654, 1700 P18S, V41A, H49R,S54C, L79S, N85Y, L88P, F91S, L104M, T107M 1609 1655, 1701 V11E, P18H,F20Y, V25E, N35S, H49R, L79P, F91S, T107M, G111R 1610 1656, 1702 V11A,P18F, D23A, L79P, G80D, V95A, T107M 1611 1657, 1703 P18S, K70R, L79P,F91S, G111R 1612 1658, 1704 V9L, VI1M, P18S, N35S, S54G, Q62K, L79P,L104M, T107M, V115M 1613 1659, 1705 V9L, P18Y, V25A, V38G, M55V, A77T,L79P, M90I, F91S, L104M 1614 1660, 1706 V10G, P18T, L72Q, L79P, F91S,T107M 1615 1661, 1707 P18S, H59R, A76G, R78S, L79P 1616 1662, 1708 V9A,P18S, M36T, S65G, L79P, F91S, L104T, G111R, S1121 1617 1663, 1709 P18T,S52A, V57A, Q60R, Q62K, S65C, L79P, F91T, N100Y, T107M 1618 1664, 1710V11A, P18F, N35D, A47E, Q62K, L79P, F91S, G99D, T107M, S114N 1619 1665,1711 V11A, P18T, N35S, L79P, S87T, F91S 1620 1666, 1712 V9D, VI1M, Q12L,P18S, E37V, M55I, Q60R, K70Q, L79P, F91S, L104M, T107M 1621 1667, 1713T15S, P18S, Y30H, Q32L, Q62R, L79P, F91S, T107M 1622 1668, 1714

b. CD112 IgD or vIgD

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an IRBM that isor contains one or more IgD domain, such as an unmodified or wild-typeIgD or a vIgD, of CD112. In some embodiments, the IRBM is or containsone or more IgD domain of a wild-type or unmodified CD112, such as amammalian CD112, e.g. a human CD112. In some embodiments, the IRBM isnot the full length sequence of the CD112. In some aspects, the IRBM isa soluble polypeptide, is not membrane-expressed and/or lacks thetransmembrane and/or cytoplasmic domain of CD112. In some embodiments,the IRBM only contains an extracellular domain (ECD) or a specificbinding fragment thereof containing a IgD or vIgD, such as only containsan IgV domain or an IgC domain or specific binding fragment thereof, orcombinations thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains the ECD sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO:48 or is a specific binding fragment thereof. In someembodiments, the IRBM is or contains the IgV sequence set forth in SEQID NO: 666 or SEQ ID NO: 761, or is a specific binding fragment thereof.

(SEQ ID NO: 48) QDVRVQVLPEVRGQLGGTVELPCHLLPPVPGLYISLVTWQRPDAPANHQNVAAFHPKMGPSFPSPKPGSERLSFVSAKQSTGQDTEAELQDATLALHGLTVEDEGNYTCEFATFPKGSVRGMTWLRVIAKPKNQAEAQKVTFSQDPTTVALCISKEGRPPARISWLSSLDWEAKETQVSGTLAGTVTVTSRFTLVPSGRADGVTVTCKVEHESFEEPALIPVTLSVRYPPEVSISGYDDNWYLGRTDATLSCDVRSNPEPTGYDWSTTSGTFPTSAVAQGSQLVIHAVDSLFNTTFVCTVTNAVGMGRAEQVIFVRETPNTAGA GATGG (SEQ ID NO: 666)QDVRVQVLPEVRGQLGGTVELPCHLLPPVPGLYISLVTWQRPDAPANHQNVAAFHPKMGPSFPSPKPGSERLSFVSAKQSTGQDTEAELQDATLALHGLTVEDEGNYT CEFATFPKGSVRGMTWL (SEQ ID NO: 761)QDVRVQVLPEVRGQLGGTVELPCHLLPPVPGLYISLVTWQRPDAPANHQNVAAFHPKMGPSFPSPKPGSERLSFVSAKQSTGQDTEAELQDATLALHGLTVEDEGNYT CEFATFPKGSVRGMTWLRV

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains an IRBM thatis or contains a vIgD containing one or more amino acid modifications,e.g. substitutions, in an IgD of a wild-type or unmodified CD112. Insome embodiments, modifications provided herein can be in an IRBMcontaining an unmodified IgD set forth in SEQ ID NO:48, 666 or 761 or ina sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 48, 666or 761. In some embodiments, an IRBM containing a vIgD of CD112 has atleast about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity with the sequence set forth in any ofSEQ ID NOs: 48, 666 or 761.

In some embodiments, the vIgD is an affinity-modified IgSF domain thathas an increased binding activity, such as binding affinity, for TIGITrelative to the binding affinity of the wild-type or unmodified IgD forTIGIT. In some embodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g.binding affinity, for TIGIT is increased at least about 5%, such as atleast about 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 35%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200% or more. Insome embodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g. bindingaffinity, is more than 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold,5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold40-fold, or 50-fold. In such examples, the wild-type or unmodified IgDhas the same sequence as the vIgD except that it does not contain theone or more amino acid modifications (e.g. substitutions). In someembodiments, the equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(d)) of the IRBMto TIGIT can be less than 1×10⁻⁵M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁸ M, 1×10⁻⁹M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less.

In some aspects, a vIgD of CD112 may exhibit increased binding activity,e.g. binding affinity, to the activating receptor CD226. In someembodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g. binding affinity,for TIGIT is increased at least about 5%, such as at least about 10%,15%, 20%, 25%, 35%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200% or more. In some embodiments,the increase in binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, is more than1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold,8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold 40-fold, or 50-fold. In suchexamples, such a vIgD may be used as an ARBM in the embodiments providedherein. In some embodiments, the equilibrium dissociation constant(K_(d)) of the ARBM to CD226 can be less than 1×10⁻⁵M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷M, 1×10⁻⁸ M, 1×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less. Insome embodiments, such an ARBM exhibits a greater binding activity, e.g.binding affinity, for CD226 than for TIGIT, such as a binding activity,e.g. binding affinity, that is at least 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2.0-fold,3.0-fold, 4.0-fold, 5.0-fold or 10.0-fold greater for CD226 than forTIGIT.

Unless stated otherwise, the amino acid modification(s) present in avIgD of a CD112 ECD or an IgD (e.g. IgV) thereof are designated by aminoacid position number corresponding to the numbering of positions of theunmodified ECD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:48 or, where applicable,the unmodified IgV sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 666 or 761. It iswithin the level of a skilled artisan to identify the correspondingposition of a modification, e.g. amino acid substitution, in an ECD or aportion thereof containing an IgSF domain (e.g. IgV) thereof, such as byalignment of a reference sequence with SEQ ID NOs:48, 666 or 761. In thelisting of modifications throughout this disclosure, the amino acidposition is indicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid listed before the number and the identifiedvariant amino acid substitution listed after the number. If themodification is a deletion of the position a “del” is indicated and ifthe modification is an insertion at the position an “ins” is indicated.In some cases, an insertion is listed with the amino acid positionindicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified (e.g.wild-type) amino acid listed before and after the number and theidentified variant amino acid insertion listed after the unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid.

In some embodiments, the IRBM contains a vIgD that has up to 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions. The one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, can be in the ectodomain(extracellular domain) of the wild-type or unmodified CD112. In someembodiments, the one or more amino acid modifications, e.g.substitutions, are in the ECD domain of CD112 or a specific bindingfragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgV domain of CD112 or aspecific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or moreamino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in an IgC domain ofCD112 or a specific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, theone or more amino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgVdomain of CD112 or a specific binding fragment thereof and in an IgCdomain or domains of CD112 or a specific binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD that has one or moreamino acid modifications, e.g., substitutions in an unmodified IgD ofCD112 or specific binding fragment there of corresponding to position(s)9, 12, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 32, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37,38, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 54, 56, 60, 64, 66, 67, 69, 74, 75,76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 90, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101,106, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122,124, or 125 with reference to positions set forth in SEQ ID NO: 48, 666or 761. In some embodiments, a polypeptide containing the vIgD exhibitsaltered, such as increased, binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, toTIGIT compared toa polypeptide containing the wild-type or unmodifiedCD112 IgD.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD of CD112 that hasone or more amino acid modification selected from P9R, P9S, R12W, L15V,T18S, T18A, V19A, L21V, P22L, H24R, P27A, P27L, P27S, P28S, V29M, V29A,P30S, L32P, Y33H, I34M, S35P, V37M, T38A, T38N, Q40R, P42L, P42S, D43G,P45S, A46T, N47K, N47S, H48Y, V51M, F54L, F54S, P56L, P60T, S64G, K66M,P67H, P67S, S69F, S69P, F74L, F74S, V75M, S76P, K78R, Q79R, S80G, T81I,T81S, G82S, Q83K, D84G, T85A, A87V, Q90R, A95T, A95V, L96P, G98D, G98S,L99M, T100A, V101A, V101M, N106I, N106Y, T108A, T1081, E110G, F111L,A112I, A112V, T113A, T113S, F114L, F114S, F114Y, P115S, K116E, G117D,S118F, S118T, S118Y, V119A, G121S, M1221, W124L, or L125A, or aconservative amino acid substitution thereof.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD that has two or moreamino acid modification selected from P9R, P9S, R12W, L15V, T18S, T18A,V19A, L21V, P22L, H24R, P27A, P27L, P27S, P28S, V29M, V29A, P30S, L32P,Y33H, I34M, S35P, V37M, T38A, T38N, Q40R, P42L, P42S, D43G, P45S, A46T,N47K, N47S, H48Y, V51M, F54L, F54S, P56L, P60T, S64G, K66M, P67H, P67S,S69F, S69P, F74L, F74S, V75M, S76P, K78R, Q79R, S80G, T81I, T81S, G82S,Q83K, D84G, T85A, A87V, Q90R, A95T, A95V, L96P, G98D, G98S, L99M, T100A,V101A, V101M, N106I, N106Y, T108A, T1081, E110G, F111L, A112I, A112V,T113A, T113S, F114L, F114S, F114Y, P115S, K116E, G117D, S118F, S118T,S118Y, V119A, G121S, M1221, W124L, or L125A.

In some embodiments, the two or more amino acid modification(s), e.g.substitution(s), is Y33H/A112V/G117D,V19A/Y33H/S64G/S80G/G98S/N106Y/A112V, L32P/A112V, A95V/A112I,P28S/A112V, P27A/T38N/V101A/A112V, R12W/H48Y/F54S/S118F,R12W/Q79R/S118F, T113S/S118Y, N106I/S118Y, N106I/S118F, A95T/L96P/S118Y,Y33H/P67S/N106Y/A112V, N106Y/A112V, T18S/Y33H/A112V,P9S/Y33H/N47S/A112V, P42S/P67H/A112V, P27L/L32P/P42S/A112V, G98D/A112V,Y33H/S35P/N106Y/A112V, L32P/P42S/T100A/A112V, P27S/P45S/N106I/A112V,Y33H/N47K/A112V, Y33H/N106Y/A112V, K78R/D84G/A112V/F114S,Y33H/N47K/F54L/A112V, Y33H/A112V, A95V/A112V, R12W/A112V,R12W/P27S/A112V, Y33H/V51M/A112V, Y33H/A112V/S118T,Y33H/V101A/A112V/P115S, H24R/T38N/D43G/A112V, P27A/A112V, A112V/S118T,R12W/A112V/M1221, Q83K/N106Y/A112V, R12W/P27S/A112V/S118T,P28S/Y33H/A112V, P27S/Q90R/A112V, L15V/P27A/A112V/S118T,Y33H/N106Y/T108I/A112V, Y33H/P56L/V75M/V101M/A112V, N47K/Q79R/S118F,Q40R/P60T/A112V/S118T, F114Y/S118F, Y33H/K78R/S118Y,R12W/A46T/K66M/Q79R/N106I/T113A/S118F, Y33H/A112V/S118F,R12W/Y33H/N106I/S118F, L15V/Q90R/S118F, N47K/D84G/N106I/S118Y,L32P/S118F, Y33H/Q79R/A112V/S118Y, T18A/N106I/S118T,L15V/Y33H/N106Y/A112V/S118F, V37M/S118F, N47K/A112V/S118Y, A46T/A112V,P28S/Y33H/N106I/S118Y, P30S/Y33H/N47K/V75M/Q79R/N106I/S118Y,V19A/N47K/N106Y/K116E/S118Y, Q79R/T85A/A112V/S118Y, V101M/N106I/S118Y,Y33H/Q79R/N106I/A112V/S118T, Q79R/A112V, Y33H/A46T/Q79R/N106I/S118F,A112V/G121S, Y33H/Q79R/N106I/S118Y, Y33H/N106I/A112V,Y33H/A46T/V101M/A112V/S118T, L32P/L99M/N106I/S118F, L32P/T108A/S118F,R12W/Q79R/A112V, Y33H/N106Y/E110G/A112V, Y33H/N106I/S118Y, Q79R/S118F,Y33H/Q79R/G98D/V101M/A112V, N47K/T81S/V101M/A112V/S118F, G82S/S118Y,Y33H/A112V/S118Y, Y33H/N47K/Q79R/N106Y/A112V, Y33H/S118T,R12W/Y33H/Q79R/V101M/A112V, Y33H/Q83K/A112V/S118T,V29M/Y33H/N106I/S118F, Y33H/A46T/A112V, Y33H/Q79R/S118F,Y33H/N47K/F74L/S118F, R12W/V101M/N106I/S118Y, A46T/V101A/N106I/S118Y,N106Y/A112V/S118T, S76P/T81I/V101M/N106Y/A112V/S118F,P9R/L21V/P22L/I34M/S69F/F74L/A87V/A112V/L125A, Y33H/V101M/A112V,V29A/L32P/S118F, Y33H/V101M/N106I/A112V, R12W/Y33H/N47K/Q79R/S118Y,Y33H/A46T/A112V/S118T, Y33H/A112V/F114L/S118T,Y33H/T38A/A46TN101M/A112V, P28S/Y33H/S69P/N106I/A112V/S118Y,Y33H/P42L/N47K/V101M/A112V, Y33H/N47K/F74S/Q83K/N106I/F111L/A112V/S118T,Y33H/A112V/S118T/V119A, Y33H/N106I/A112V/S118F, Y33H/K66M/S118F/W124L,or N106I/A112V.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains an IgD (e.g. IgV) of awild-type CD112 polypeptide set forth in Table 5 or a vIgD thereof thatcomprises any of the modifications, e.g., substitutions, listed in Table5. Table 5 also provides exemplary sequences by reference to SEQ ID NOfor IRBMs containing an ECD or IgV domain of CD112. As indicated, theexact locus or residues corresponding to a given domain can vary, suchas depending on the methods used to identify or classify the domain.Also, in some cases, adjacent N- and/or C-terminal amino acids of agiven domain (e.g., ECD or IgV) also can be included in a sequence of avariant IgSF polypeptide, such as to ensure proper folding of the domainwhen expressed. Thus, it is understood that the exemplification of theSEQ ID NOS in Table 5 is not to be construed as limiting. For example,the particular domain, such as the ECD or IgV domain, can be severalamino acids longer or shorter, such as 1-10, e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7amino acids longer or shorter, than the sequence of amino acids setforth in the respective SEQ ID NO.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a wild-type ECD set forthin SEQ ID NO: 48 or a variant ECD set forth in any one of SEQ IDNOS:667-713, 809-849, 1433-1456. In some embodiments, the IRBM is orcontains a sequence that exhibits at least 90% identity, at least 91%identity, at least 92% identity, at least 93% identity, at least 94%identity, at least 95% identity, such as at least 96% identity, 97%identity, 98% identity, or 99% identity to any of the ECD sequences setforth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 667-713, 809-849, 1433-1456 and containsthe amino acid modification, e.g., substitution(s) not present in thewild-type or unmodified CD112 ECD, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:48. Insome embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a specific binding fragment ofany of the ECD sequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 667-713,809-849, 1433-1456 and that contains the amino acid modification, e.g.,substitution(s) not present in the wild-type or unmodified CD112 ECD,e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:48.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a wild-type CD112 IgV setforth in SEQ ID NO: 666 or 761 or a variant IgV set forth in any one ofSEQ ID NOS: 714-760, 762-808, 850-931, 1457-1504. In some embodiments,the IRBM is or contains a sequence that exhibits at least 90% identity,at least 91% identity, at least 92% identity, at least 93% identity, atleast 94% identity, at least 95% identity, such as at least 96%identity, 97% identity, 98% identity, or 99% identity to any of the IgVsequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 714-760, 762-808, 850-931,1457-1504 and contains the amino acid modification, e.g.,substitution(s) not present in the wild-type or unmodified CD112 IgV,e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:666 or 761. In some embodiments, the IRBMis or comprises a specific binding fragment of any of the IgV sequencesset forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 714-760, 762-808, 850-931, 1457-1504and that contains the amino acid modification, e.g., substitution(s),not present in the wild-type or unmodified CD112 IgV, e.g. not presentin SEQ ID NO:666 or 761.

TABLE 5 Exemplary variant CD112 IRBMs containing an IgD or vIgD ECD SEQIgV Mutation(s) ID NO SEQ ID NO Wild-type 48 666, 761 Y33H, A112V, G117D667 714, 762 V19A, Y33H, S64G, S80G, G98S, N106Y, A112V 668 715, 763L32P, A112V 669 716, 764 A95V, A1121 670 717, 765 P28S, A112V 671 718,766 P27A, T38N, V101A, A112V 672 719, 767 S118F 673 720, 768 R12W, H48Y,F54S, S118F 674 721, 769 R12W, Q79R, S118F 675 722, 770 T113S, S118Y 676723, 771 S118Y 677 724, 772 N106I, S118Y 678 725, 773 N106I, S118F 679726, 774 A95T, L96P, S118Y 680 727, 775 Y33H, P67S, N106Y, A112V 681728, 776 N106Y, A112V 682 729, 777 T18S, Y33H, A112V 683 730, 778 P9S,Y33H, N47S, A112V 684 731, 779 P42S, P67H, A112V 685 732, 780 P27L,L32P, P42S, A112V 686 733, 781 G98D, A112V 687 734, 782 Y33H, S35P,N106Y, A112V 688 735, 783 L32P, P42S, T100A, A112V 689 736, 784 P27S,P45S, N106I, A112V 690 737, 785 Y33H, N47K, A112V 691 738, 786 Y33H,N106Y, A112V 692 739, 787 K78R, D84G, A112V, Fl 14S 693 740, 788 Y33H,N47K, F54L, A112V 694 741, 789 Y33H, A112V 695 742, 790 A95V, A112V 696743, 791 R12W, A112V 697 744, 792 R12W, P27S, A112V 698 745, 793 Y33H,V51M, A112V 699 746, 794 Y33H, A112V, S118T 700 747, 795 Y33H, V101A,A112V, P115S 701 748, 796 H24R, T38N, D43G, A112V 702 749, 797 A112V 703750, 798 P27A, A112V 704 751, 799 A112V, S118T 705 752, 800 R12W, A112V,M122I 706 753, 801 Q83K, N106Y, A112V 707 754, 802 R12W, P27S, A112V,S118T 708 755, 803 P28S, Y33H, A112V 709 756, 804 P27S, Q90R, A112V 710757, 805 L15V, P27A, A112V, S118T 711 758, 806 Y33H, N106Y, T108I, A112V712 759, 807 Y33H, P56L, V75M, V101M, A112V 713 760, 808 N47K, Q79R,S118F 809 850, 891 Q40R, P60T, A112V, S118T 810 851, 892 F114Y, S118F811 852, 893 Y33H, K78R, S118Y 812 853, 894 R12W, A46T, K66M, Q79R,N106I, T113A, S118F 813 854, 895 Y33H, A112V, S118F 814 855, 896 R12W,Y33H, N106I, S118F 815 856, 897 L15V, Q90R, S118F 816 857, 898 N47K,D84G, N106I, S118Y 817 858, 899 L32P, S118F 818 859, 900 Y33H, Q79R,A112V, S118Y 819 860, 901 T18A, N106I, S118T 820 861, 902 L15V, Y33H,N106Y, A112V, S118F 821 862, 903 V37M, S118F 822 863, 904 N47K, A112V,S118Y 823 864, 905 A46T, A112V 824 865, 906 P28S, Y33H, N106I, S118Y 825866, 907 P30S, Y33H, N47K, V75M, Q79R, N106I, S118Y 826 867, 908 V19A,N47K, N106Y, K116E, S118Y 827 868, 909 Q79R, T85A, A112V, S118Y 828 869,910 V101M, N106I, S118Y 829 870, 911 Y33H, Q79R, N106I, A112V, S118T 830871, 912 Q79R, A112V 831 872, 913 Y33H, A46T, Q79R, N106I, S118F 832873, 914 A112V, G121S 833 874, 915 Y33H, Q79R, N106I, S118Y 834 875, 916Y33H, N106I, A112V 835 876, 917 Y33H, A46T, V101M, A112V, S118T 836 877,918 L32P, L99M, N106I, S118F 837 878, 919 L32P, T108A, S118F 838 879,920 R12W, Q79R, A112V 839 880, 921 Y33H, N106Y, E110G, A112V 840 881,922 Y33H, N106I, S118Y 841 882, 923 Q79R, S118F 842 883, 924 Y33H, Q79R,G98D, V101M, A112V 843 884, 925 N47K, T81S, V101M, A112V, S118F 844 885,926 G82S, S118Y 845 886, 927 Y33H, A112V, S118Y 846 887, 928 Y33H, N47K,Q79R, N106Y, A112V 847 888, 929 Y33H, S118T 848 889, 930 R12W, Y33H,Q79R, V101M, A112V 849 890, 931 Y33H, Q83K, A112V, S118T 1433 1457, 1481V29M, Y33H, N106I, S118F 1434 1458, 1482 Y33H, A46T, A112V 1435 1459,1483 Y33H, Q79R, S118F 1436 1460, 1484 Y33H, N47K, F74L, S118F 14371461, 1485 R12W, V101M, N106I, S118Y 1438 1462, 1486 A46T, V101A, N106I,S118Y 1439 1463, 1487 N106Y, A112V, S118T 1440 1464, 1488 S76P, T811,V101M, N106Y, A112V, S118F 1441 1465, 1489 P9R, L21V, P22L, I34M, S69F,F74L, A87V, A112V, L125A 1442 1466, 1490 Y33H, V101M, A112V 1443 1467,1491 V29A, L32P, S118F 1444 1468, 1492 Y33H, V101M, N106I, A112V 14451469, 1493 R12W, Y33H, N47K, Q79R, S118Y 1446 1470, 1494 Y33H, A46T,A112V, S118T 1447 1471, 1495 Y33H, A112V, F114L, S118T 1448 1472, 1496Y33H, T38A, A46T, V101M, A112V 1449 1473, 1497 P28S, Y33H, S69P, N106I,A112V, S118Y 1450 1474, 1498 Y33H, P42L, N47K, V101M, A112V 1451 1475,1499 Y33H, N47K, F74S, Q83K, N106I, F111L, A112V, S118T 1452 1476, 1500Y33H, A112V, S118T, VI19A 1453 1477, 1501 Y33H, N106I, A112V, S118F 14541478, 1502 Y33H, K66M, S118F, W124L 1455 1479, 1503 N106I, A112V 14561480, 1504

3. CTLA-4 Binding Molecule

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an IRBM that isor contains a binding molecule that binds to CTLA-4, such as to humanCTLA-4. CTLA-4, is an inhibitory IgSF receptor that inhibits T cellresponses through modulation of TCR/CD28 signaling. CTLA-4 is expressedon T cells, and particularly is expressed following T cell activation.CTLA-4, a co-inhibitory receptor, competes with CD28 for binding of CD80and CD86 to induce negative regulation of T cell activation. When CTLA-4binds CD80 and/or CD86 T cell activation and effector function can beeliminated or attenuated. In some embodiments, the IRBM of theimmunomodulatory protein binds to the ectodomain of CTLA-4. In someembodiments, the IRBM binds to CTLA-4 on the surface of a cell, such ason the surface of a T cell.

In some embodiments, the provided immunomodulatory protein contains anIRBM that is or contains an antibody that binds CTLA-4 or is anantigen-binding antibody fragment thereof (e.g. Fab or scFv). In someembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment bindshuman CTLA-4. For example, in some embodiments, the antibody isipilimumab or tremelimumab or an antigen binding fragment containing aVH chain region and/or VL chain region of ipilimumab or tremelimumab. Insome embodiments, the antibody is a single chain variable fragment (e.g.scFv) containing a VH and VL of ipilimumab or tremelimumab.

In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains one or more IgD (e.g. IgVor IgC) or a specific binding fragment thereof, such as an unmodified orwild-type IgD or a vIgD or a specific binding fragment thereof, of anIgSF family member that binds CTLA-4. In some embodiments, the CTLA-4 ishuman CTLA-4. In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains one or moreIgD (e.g. IgV or IgC) that is a vIgD containing one or more amino acidmodifications (e.g., substitutions, deletions or additions) compared toan IgD of a wild-type or unmodified CD80 or CD86, which, in someaspects, result in increased binding to CTLA-4 and/or decreased bindingto CD28. In some embodiments, the IRBM is or contains a vIgD polypeptidethat exhibit increased binding activity, such as binding affinity, forCTLA-4 and decreased binding to CD28 compared to a correspondingwild-type or unmodified IgD of CD80 or CD86. In some embodiments, theIRBM binds to CTLA-4 with an equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(d))of less than 1×10⁻⁵ M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁸ M, 1×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ Mor 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less and does not substantially bind toCD28, such as exhibits a K_(d) for binding CD28 of greater than orgreater than about 1×10⁻⁵ M, 1×10⁻⁴ M, 1×10⁻³M or more.

B. Activating Receptor Binding Molecule (ARBM)

In some embodiments, the provided immunomodulatory protein contains anARBM that binds to an activating receptor or a ligand of an activatingreceptor. In some embodiments, the activating receptor is expressed on aT cell, such as a human T cell. In some embodiments, the ligand of anactivating receptor is expressed on an APC, such as a dendritic cell.

In some aspects, the activating receptor comprises a cytoplasmic regioncontaining an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) or acytoplasmic region that interacts with one or more adaptor proteininvolved in a signal transduction pathway in a cell to induce, mediateor potentiate activation of an immune cell, such as a T cell. In someembodiment, the adaptor protein contains a binding domain specific to aphosphotyrosine residue in a cytoplasmic region of an activatingreceptor. In some embodiments, the activating receptor includes acomponent of a TCR complex or is a co-receptor or costimulatory moleculethat augments or enhances TCR signaling. In some embodiments, theactivating receptor is a TCR, CD3, CD4, CD8, CD28, ICOS or CD2,including any mammalian orthologs thereof. In some embodiments, theactivating receptor target is a human TCR, human CD3, human CD4, humanCD8, human CD28, human ICOS or human CD2. In some embodiments, theactivating receptor is expressed on a T cell, such as a human T cell.

In some cases, the ARBM binds to a ligand of an activating receptor. Insome embodiments, the ARBM binds to a ligand of a component of a TCRcomplex or a ligand of a co-receptor or costimulatory molecule thataugments or enhances TCR signaling. In some embodiments, the ARBM bindsto a ligand of a TCR, CD3, CD4, CD8, CD28, ICOS or CD2 molecule,including such molecules expressed on a T cell, e.g. a human T cell. Insome embodiments, the ARBM binds to a ligand of CD28, such as a ligandof CD28 expressed on a T cell, e.g. a human T cell. In some embodiments,the ligand is a CD80 or a CD86, such as a human CD80 or human CD86. Insome embodiments, the ARBM binds to a ligand of a CD4, a CD8 or a TCR,including such molecules expressed on a T cell, e.g. a human T cell. Insome embodiments, the ligand is an MHC molecule, such as an MHC class Imolecule or an MHC class II molecule. In some embodiments, the ligand isexpressed on an APC.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is an antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthat binds to an activating receptor or binds to a ligand of anactivating receptor. In some embodiments, the ARBM is an antibody orantigen-binding fragment that binds to a TCR, CD3, CD4, CD8, CD28, ICOSor CD2, including any mammalian orthologs thereof. In some embodiments,the antibody or antigen-binding fragment binds to a human TCR, humanCD3, human CD4, human CD8, human CD28, human ICOS or human CD2,including such molecules expressed on a human T cell. In someembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment binds to CD80,CD86 or an MHC molecule (e.g. MHC class I or MHC class II). In someembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment binds to a humanCD80, human CD86 or a human MHC molecule, including such moleculesexpressed on a human APC.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is a binding molecule that binds to CD4 orCD8. In some embodiments, the ARBM is a chemokine or cytokine. In someembodiments, the binding molecule is an IL-16 molecule, which is achemoattractant that binds to CD4.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a binding partner of anactivating receptor or a ligand of an activating receptor. In someaspects, the ARBM is or contains an IgD of an IgSF family member thatbinds to an activating receptor, such as binds to TCR, CD3, CD4, CD8,CD28, ICOS or CD2, or is a specific fragment or vIgD thereof that bindsto the activating receptor. Exemplary IgSF family members that arebinding partners of or that bind to a CD28 activating receptor include,for example, CD80, CD86 and ICOSL, such as human CD80, CD86 or ICOSL.Exemplary IgSF family members that are binding partners of or that bindto CD2 include, for example, LFA-3 (CD58) or CD48, such as human LFA-3or human CD48. In some embodiments, the IgSF binding partner of anactivating receptor is a molecule set forth in Table 6A. In someexamples, the ARBM is or contains an IgD of a wild-type CD80, CD86 orICOSL or is or contains a vIgD thereof, wherein the ARBM specificallybinds to CD28. In other examples, the ARBM is or contains an IgD ofLFA-3 or CD48 or is or contains a vIgD thereof, wherein the IRBMspecifically binds to CD2.

In other aspects, the ARBM is or contains an IgD of an IgSF familymember that binds to a ligand of an activating receptor, such as bindsto CD80, CD86 or an MHC molecule, or is a specific fragment or vIgDthereof that binds to the ligand of the activating receptor. ExemplaryIgSF family members that are binding partners of or that bind to CD80 orCD86 include, for example, CTLA-4, such as human CTLA-4. Exemplary IgSFfamily members that are binding partners of or that bind to an MHCmolecule include, for example, a TCR, CD4, CD8 or LAG-3, such as a humanTCR, human CD4, human CD8 or human LAG-3 In some embodiments, the IgSFbinding partner of a ligand of an activating receptor is a molecule setforth in Table 6B. In some examples, the ARBM is or contains an IgD of awild-type CTLA-4 or is or contains a vIgD thereof, wherein the ARBMspecifically binds to CD80 or CD86. In other examples, the ARBM is orcontains an IgD of a CD4 or CD8 or is or contains a vIgD thereof,wherein the IRBM specifically binds to an MHC molecule.

The first column of Tables 6A and 6B provides the name and, optionally,the name of some possible synonyms for that particular domain. Thesecond column provides the protein identifier of the UniProtKB database,a publicly available database accessible via the internet atuniprot.org. The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt) is a comprehensiveresource for protein sequence and annotation data. The UniProt databasesinclude the UniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB). UniProt is acollaboration between the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI),the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the Protein InformationResource (PIR) and supported mainly by a grant from the U.S. NationalInstitutes of Health (NIH). The third column provides the region wherethe indicated IgSF domain is located. The region is specified as a rangewhere the domain is inclusive of the residues defining the range. Column3 also indicates the domain class for the specified region. Column 4provides the region where the indicated additional domains are located(signal peptide, S; extracellular domain, E; transmembrane domain, T;cytoplasmic domain, C). Column 5 indicates for some of the listed IgSFmembers, some of its cognate cell surface binding partners. It isunderstood that reference to amino acids, including to a specificsequence set forth as a SEQ ID NO used to describe domain organization,such as of an IgSF domain, are for illustrative purposes and are notmeant to limit the scope of the embodiments provided. It is understoodthat polypeptides and the description of domains thereof aretheoretically derived based on homology analysis and alignments withsimilar molecules. Thus, the exact locus can vary, and is notnecessarily the same for each protein. Hence, the specific IgSF domain,such as specific IgV domain or IgC domain, can be several amino acids(such as one, two, three, four, five, six or more amino acids) longer orshorter.

TABLE 6A Exemplary IgSF asActivating Receptor Binding Molecules (ARBM):Targeting Activating Receptor (Cis) NCBI Protein Accession IgSF MemberAmino Acid Number/ Sequence (SEQ ID NO) IgSF UniProtKB Cognate CellPrecursor Member Protein IgSF Region Other Surface Binding (mature(Synonyms) Identifier & Domain Domains Partners residues) Mature ECDCD80 NP_005182.1 IgV: 35-135, S: 1-34, CD28, CTLA4, SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID(B7-1) P33681 35-138,37- E: 35-242, T: PD-L1 NO: 1 NO: 189 NO: 28 138,or 35- 243-263, C: (35- 141 264-288 288) IgC: 145-230 or 154-232 CD86P42081.2 IgV: 33-131 S: 1-23, CD28, CTLA4 SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID (B7-2)IgC2:150-225 E: 24-247, T: NO: 2 NO: 190 NO: 29 248-268, C: (24-329)269-329 ICOSLG O75144.2 IgV: 19-129 S: 1-18, ICOS, CD28, SEQ ID SEQ IDSEQ ID (B7RP1, IgC2: 141-227 E: 19-256, T: CTLA4 NO: 5 NO: 193 NO: 32CD275, 257-277, C: (19-302) ICOSL, 278-302 B7-H2) LFA-3 P19256 Ig-like:30- S: 1-28, CD2 SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID (CD58) 121 E: 29-215, NO: 3237 NO:3238 NO: 3239 T 216-238, (29-250) C: 239-250 CD48 P09326 Ig-like C2 S:1-26, CD2 SEQ ID SEQ ID type 1: Mature: 27- NO: 3494 NO: 3493 29-127 220(27-220) Ig-like C2 GPI anchor: type 1: 221-243 132-212

TABLE 6B Exemplary IgSF asActivating Receptor Binding Molecules (ARBM):Targeting Ligand of Activating Receptor (Trans) NCBI Protein AccessionIgSF Member Amino Acid Sequence Number/ Cognate Cell (SEQ ID NO) IgSFUniProtKB Surface Precursor Member Protein IgSF Region Other Binding(mature (Synonyms) Identifier & Domain Domains Partners residues) MatureECD CTLA4 P16410.3 IgV: 39-140 S: 1-35, B7-1, B7-2, SEQ ID NO: 9 SEQ IDSEQ ID E: 36-161, B7RP1 (36-223) NO: 197 NO: 36 T: 162- 182, C: 183-223CD4 P01730.1 IgV: 26-125 S: 1-25, MHC class II SEQ ID NO: 13 SEQ ID SEQID IgC2: 126-203 E: 26-396, (26-458) NO: 201 NO: 40 IgC2: 204-317 T:397- IgC2: 317-389 418, C: IgC2: 318-374 419-458 CD8A P01732.1 IgV:22-135 S: 1-21, E: MHC class I SEQ ID NO: 14 SEQ ID SEQ ID (CD8- 22-182,T: (22-235) NO: 394 NO: 41 alpha) 183-203, C: 204-235 CD8B P10966.1 IgV:22-132 S: 1-21, MHC class I SEQ ID NO: 15 SEQ ID SEQ ID (CD8- E: 22-170,(22-210) NO: 395 NO: 42 beta) T: 171- 191, C: 192-210 LAG3 P18627.537-167 IgV, S: 1-28, MHC class II SEQ ID NO: 16 SEQ ID SEQ ID 168-252 E:29-450, (29-525) NO: 204 NO: 43 IgC2, T: 451- 265-343 471, C: IgC2, 349-472-525 419 IgC2

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a wild-type or unmodifiedIgD of a binding partner of an activating receptor or a ligand of anactivating receptor, such as a sequence that is or contains an ECD or anIgD domain or domains of a native binding partner of an inhibitoryreceptor or an ortholog thereof. In some embodiments, the ARBM is orcomprises the extracellular domain (ECD), or a portion thereofcontaining one or more IgSF domains, of an IgSF member set forth inTable 6A, e.g. human CD80, human CD86, human ICOSL, human LFA-3 (CD58)or human CD48. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or comprises theextracellular domain (ECD), or a portion thereof containing one or moreIgSF domains, of an IgSF member set forth in Table 6B, e.g. humanCTLA-4, human CD4, human CD8a, human CD8b or human LAGS. In someembodiments, the extracellular domain comprises an IgV domain or domainsand, in some cases, an IgC (e.g. IgC1 and/or IgC2) domain or domains. Insome embodiments, the ARBM is less than the full length sequence of theIgSF binding partner of the activating receptor or a ligand of theactivating receptor. For example, in some aspects, the ARBM is or onlycontains the extracellular domain (ECD) or specific binding fragmentthereof of the binding partner. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or onlycontains the IgV domain or the IgC domain or specific binding fragmentof the IgV domain or the IgC domain, or combinations thereof. In someembodiments, the ARBM can be an IgV only, the combination of the IgV andIgC, including the entire extracellular domain (ECD), or any combinationof Ig domains. In some embodiments, the ARBM consists or consistsessentially of the ECD or an IgD domain or domain thereof of a bindingpartner of an activating receptor or a ligand of an activating receptor,such as consists or consists essentially of the ECD, IgV or IgC domainor domains.

In some embodiments, the sequence of the ARBM containing an IgD of abinding partner of an activating receptor or a ligand of an activatingreceptor is a mammalian sequence that includes, but is not limited to,human, mouse, cynomolgus monkey, or rat. In some embodiments, thesequence of ARBM containing an IgD is human. Table 6A and Table 6Bprovide exemplary residues that correspond to ECD, IgV, or IgC regionsof various IgSF domains of binding partners of exemplary activatingreceptors or ligands of activating receptors.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that contains one ormore amino acids modifications, such as one or more substitutions(alternatively, “mutations” or “replacements”), deletions or additions,in an IgD relative to a wild-type or unmodified IgD of a binding partnerof the activating receptor or a ligand of the activating receptor. Insome aspects, the vIgD contains up to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20 amino acid modifications, such asamino acid substitutions, deletions or additions in an IgD domain of anIgSF binding partner of an activating receptor, e.g. in an IgD domain ofa binding partner set forth in Table 6A, or a ligand of an activatingreceptor, e.g. in an IgD domain of a binding partner set forth in Table6B. The modifications (e.g., substitutions) can be in the IgV domain orthe IgC domain. In some embodiments, the vIgD has up to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acidmodifications (e.g., substitutions) in the IgV domain or specificbinding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the vIgD has up to 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 aminoacid modifications (e.g., substitutions) in the IgC domain or specificbinding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the vIgD has at leastabout 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%,98%, or 99% sequence identity with the wild-type or unmodified IgD orspecific binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is a variant of a binding partner of anactivating receptor (e.g. variant of a molecule set forth in Table 6A,e.g. human ICOSL, human CD80, human CD86 or human LFA-3 (CD58) or humanCD48, in which the ARBM is or comprises an ECD, or portion thereof,containing one or more vIgD of an IgSF binding partner of an activatingreceptor. In some embodiments, the ARBM is a variant of a bindingpartner of a ligand of an activating receptor (e.g. variant of amolecule set forth in Table 6B, e.g. human CTLA-4, human CD4, humanCD8a, human CD8b or human LAGS, in which the ARBM is or comprises anECD, or portion thereof, containing one or more vIgD of an IgSF bindingpartner of a ligand of an activating receptor. In some embodiments, theARBM can comprise an IgV domain or an IgC domain or domains, or aspecific binding fragment of the IgV domain or a specific bindingfragment of the IgC domain or domains in which one or more of the IgSFdomains (IgV or IgC) contains the one or more amino acid modifications(e.g. substitutions). In some embodiments, the ARBM can comprise an IgVdomain and an IgC domain or domains, or a specific binding fragment ofthe IgV domain and a specific binding fragment of the IgC domain ordomains, in which at least one of the IgV or IgC domain contains theamino acid modifications (e.g. substitutions). In some embodiments, theARBM consists or consists essentially of the ECD containing a vIgD (e.g.IgV and/or IgC). In some embodiments, the ARBM contains only, such asconsists or consists essentially of, an IgV domain or a specific bindingfragment of the IgV domain, in which the one or more amino acidmodifications (e.g. substitutions) are located in the IgV domain orspecific binding fragment of the IgV domain. In some embodiments, theARBM contains only, such as consists or consists essentially of, an IgCdomain or a specific binding fragment of the IgC domain, in which theone or more amino acid modifications (e.g. substitutions) are located inan IgC domain or specific binding fragment of an IgC domain.

In some embodiments, the one or more amino acid modifications alter,such as increase, the binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, of theextracellular domain of the binding partner or an IgD domain thereof(e.g. IgV) for its cognate receptor or ligand. In some embodiments, byvirtue of the altered binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, the vIgDdomain is an affinity-modified IgSF domain. Typically, theaffinity-modified IgSF domain used in or as the ARBM is a human ormurine affinity modified IgSF domain.

In some embodiments, an ARBM containing a vIgD has a binding activity,such as binding affinity, for an activating receptor or a ligand of anactivating receptor that is altered, e.g. increased, from that of anARBM containing a wild-type or unmodified IgD sequence as determined by,for example, solid-phase ELISA immunoassays, flow cytometry or surfaceplasmon resonance (Biacore) assays. In some embodiments, the vIgDresults in an increased binding activity, such as binding affinity, forthe activating receptor or ligand of the activating receptor, relativeto a wild-type or unmodified IgD. In some embodiments, the increase inbinding activity, such as binding affinity, is at least about 5%, suchas at least about 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 35%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 90%,100%, 200% or more. In some embodiments, the increase in bindingactivity, such as binding affinity, is more than 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold,2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold,20-fold, 30-fold 40-fold or 50-fold. In such examples, the wild-type orunmodified IgD has the same sequence as the vIgD except that it does notcontain the one or more amino acid modifications (e.g. substitutions).In some embodiments, the equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(d)) ofthe ARBM to the activating receptor or a ligand of the activatingreceptor can be less than 1×10⁻⁵ M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁸ M, 1×10⁻⁹M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less.

The use of the term “modification”, such as “substitution” does notimply that the present embodiments are limited to a particular method ofmaking the immunomodulatory proteins. An ARBM that is or contains IgD orvIgDs can be made, for example, by de novo peptide synthesis and thusdoes not necessarily require a modification, such as a “substitution” inthe sense of altering a codon to encode for the modification, e.g.substitution. This principle also extends to the terms “addition” and“deletion” of an amino acid residue which likewise do not imply aparticular method of making. The means by which the vIgDs are designedor created is not limited to any particular method. In some embodiments,however, a wild-type or unmodified IgD encoding nucleic acid ismutagenized from wild-type or unmodified IgD genetic material andscreened for desired specific binding activity, e.g. binding affinity,and/or alteration of IFN-gamma expression or other functional activity.In some embodiments, a vIgD is synthesized de novo utilizing protein ornucleic acid sequences available at any number of publicly availabledatabases and then subsequently screened. The National Center forBiotechnology Information provides such information and its website ispublicly accessible via the internet as is the UniProtKB database.

In some embodiments, the ARBM has (i) the sequence of amino acids setforth in SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 5, 9, 13-15, 3237, or a mature form thereoflacking the signal sequence, (ii) a sequence of amino acids thatexhibits at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 5, 9,13-15, 3237, or the mature form thereof, or (iii) is a portion of (i) or(ii) containing an IgV domain or IgC domain or specific bindingfragments thereof. In some embodiments, the ARBM has (i) the sequence ofamino acids (i) set forth in SEQ ID NO: 189, 190, 193, 197, 201, 394,395 or 3238, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that exhibits at least 85%,86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% ormore sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 189, 190, 193, 197, 201, 394, 395or 3238; or (iii) a portion of (i) or (ii) containing the extracellulardomain or an IgV domain or IgC domain or specific binding fragmentthereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or comprises an extracellular domain ora portion thereof of an IgSF member that is a binding partner of anactivating receptor (e.g. Table 6A). In some cases, the ARBM has orcomprises (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 28,29, 32, or 3239, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least about85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 28, 29, 32, or 3239 or (iii) is aspecific binding fragment of the sequence of (i) or (ii) comprising anIgV domain or an IgC (e.g. IgC2) domain.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or comprises an IgV domain or an IgC(e.g. IgC2) domain or domains, or a specific binding fragment thereof.In some embodiments, the ARBM has or comprises the amino acid sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 1005, 1079, 1195, 2056, 2244, 2615, 2654, 2655,2946, 2947, or 3580, or an ortholog thereof. For example, the ARBM hasor comprises (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO:1005, 1079, 1195, 2056, 2244, 2615, 2654, 2655, 2946, 2947, or 3580,(ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least about 85%, 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity to SEQ ID NO: 1005, 1079, 1195, 2056, 2244, 2615, 2654, 2655,2946, 2947, or 3580 or (iii) a specific binding fragment of the sequenceof (i) or (ii).

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or comprises an extracellular domain ora portion thereof of an IgSF member that is a binding partner of aligand of an activating receptor (e.g. Table 6B). In some embodiments,the ARBM has or comprises the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 36 or 40-42, or an ortholog thereof. In some cases, the ARBM has orcomprises (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 36 or40-42 (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least about 85%, 86%,87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity to SEQ ID NO: 36 or 40-42 or (iii) is a specific bindingfragment of the sequence of (i) or (ii) comprising an IgV domain or anIgC (e.g. IgC2) domain.

In some embodiments, the ARBM has or comprises an IgV domain or an IgCdomain or domains, or a specific binding fragment thereof. In someembodiments, the ARBM comprises the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQID NO: 2947, or an ortholog thereof. For example, the ARBM has orcomprises (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2947,(ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least about 85%, 86%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% sequenceidentity to SEQ ID NO: 2947, or (iii) a specific binding fragment of thesequence of (i) or (ii).

1. CD28 Binding Molecules

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an ARBM that isor contains a binding molecule that binds to CD28, such as to humanCD28. In some embodiments, the ARBM of the immunomodulatory proteinbinds to the ectodomain of CD28. In some embodiments, the ARBM binds toCD28 on the surface of a cell, such as on the surface of a T cell.

CD28 is a T-cell costimulatory receptors that is engaged by ligands B7-1(CD80) and B7-2 (CD86) both of which are present on APCs. In some cases,CD28 also can interact with ICOSL at a binding site that overlaps withthe binding of ICOSL to the T-cell costimulatory receptor ICOS (Yao etal. (2011) Immunity, 34:729-740). In some cases, an affinity-modifiedICOSL containing modifications in an IgSF domain can exhibit increasedaffinity to CD28 (see e.g., published International PCT App. No. WO2017/181148). In some cases, the provided immunomodulatory proteinscontaining an ARBM can bind ICOS (inducible costimulator), which isanother T-cell costimulatory receptor engaged by ICOS ligand (ICOSL) onAPCs. Although CD28 and ICOS are related CD28 family activatingreceptors and share some intracellular signaling motifs, costimulatoryeffects between CD28 and ICOS differ. For example, CD28 is expressed onboth unactivated and activated T cells and its signaling is involved inIL-2 production and subsequent T cell effector function. ICOS isgenerally not expressed on the surface of T cells until after T cellactivation, and signaling through ICOS on activated T cells can, in somecases, support specialized T cell subset differentiation. Thus, in somecases, costimulation by CD28 and ICOS yields overlapping andcomplementary effects.

In some embodiments, the provided immunomodulatory protein contains anARBM that is or contains an antibody that binds CD28 or is anantigen-binding antibody fragment thereof (e.g. Fab or scFv). In someembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment bindshuman CD28. In some embodiments, the antibody is a single chain variablefragment (e.g. scFv) containing a VH and VL of an anti-CD28 antibody orantigen-binding fragment.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains one or more IgD (e.g. IgVor IgC) or a specific binding fragment thereof, such as an unmodified orwild-type IgD or a vIgD or a specific binding fragment thereof, of anIgSF family member that binds CD28. In some embodiments, the CD28 ishuman CD28. In some embodiment, the ARBM is or contains one or more IgD(e.g. IgV or IgC) that is an IgD of a CD80, CD86 or ICOSL polypeptide,such as a wild-type CD80, CD86 or ICOSL, e.g. a human CD80 or human CD86or human ICOSL. In some aspects, the ARBM contains one or more IgD (e.g.IgV or IgC) that is an vIgD containing one or more amino acidmodifications (e.g., substitutions, deletions or additions) compared toan IgD of a wild-type or unmodified CD80, CD86 or ICOSL, which, in someaspects, result in increased binding of the ARBM to CD28. Exemplary IgDsor vIgDs of CD80, CD86 or ICOSL binding partners for inclusion as anARBM in the provided immunomodulatory proteins are described. In someembodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD polypeptide that exhibitincreased binding activity, such as binding affinity, for CD28 comparedto a corresponding wild-type or unmodified IgD.

a. ICOSL IgD or vIgD

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an ARBM that isor contains one or more IgD, such as a wild-type or unmodified IgD or avIgD, of ICOSL. In some embodiments, the ARBM is not the full lengthsequence of the ICOSL. In some aspects, the ARBM is a solublepolypeptide, is not membrane-expressed and/or lacks the transmembraneand/or cytoplasmic domain of ICOSL. In some embodiments, the ARBM onlycontains an extracellular domain (ECD) or a specific binding fragmentthereof containing a IgD or vIgD, such as only contains an IgV domain oran IgC domain or specific binding fragment thereof, or combinationsthereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains the ECD sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO:32 or is a specific binding fragment thereof. In someembodiments, the IRBM is or contains an IgV sequence of ICOSL, such ashuman ICOSL. In some embodiments, the IgV domain contains at least aminoacids 1-111, 1-112, 1-113, 1-114, 1-115, 1-116, 1-117, 1-118, 1-119,1-120, 1-121, 1-122, with reference to numbering set forth in SEQ IDNO:32. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contain an IgV sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO:2056 or SEQ ID NO: 2244, or is a specific bindingfragment thereof.

(SEQ ID NO: 32) DTQEKEVRAMVGSDVELSCACPEGSRFDLNDVYVYWQTSESKTVVTYHIPQNSSLENVDSRYRNRALMSPAGMLRGDFSLRLFNVTPQDEQKFHCLVLSQSLGFQEVLSVEVTLHVAANFSVPVVSAPHSPSQDELTFTCTSINGYPRPNVYWINKTDNSLLDQALQNDTVFLNMRGLYDVVSVLRIARTPSVNIGCCIENVLLQQNLTVGSQTGN DIGERDKITENPVSTGEKNAAT(SEQ ID NO: 2056) DTQEKEVRAMVGSDVELSCACPEGSRFDLNDVYVYWQTSESKTVVTYHIPQNSSLENVDSRYRNRALMSPAGMLRGDFSLRLFNVTPQDEQKFHCLVLSQSLGFQEVL SVE (SEQ ID NO: 2244)DTQEKEVRAMVGSDVELSCACPEGSRFDLNDVYVYWQTSESKTVVTYHIPQNSSLENVDSRYRNRALMSPAGMLRGDFSLRLFNVTPQDEQKFHCLVLSQSLGFQEVL SVEVTLHVAANFSV

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains an ARBM thatis or contains a vIgD containing one or more amino acid modifications,e.g. substitutions, in an IgD of a wild-type or unmodified ICOSL. Insome embodiments, modifications provided herein can be in an ARBMcontaining an unmodified IgD set forth in SEQ ID NO:32, 2056 or 2244 orin a sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 32, 2056or 2244. In some embodiments, an ARBM containing a vIgD of ICOSL has atleast about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity with the sequence set forth in any ofSEQ ID NOs: 32, 2056 or 2244.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that is anaffinity-modified IgSF domain that has an increased binding activity,such as binding affinity, for CD28 relative to the binding activity ofthe wild-type or unmodified IgD for CD28. In some embodiments, theincrease in binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, for CD28 isincreased at least about 5%, such as at least about 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%,35%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200% or more. In some embodiments, the increase inbinding activity, e.g. binding affinity, is more than 1.2-fold,1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold,9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold 40-fold, or 50-fold. In such examples,the wild-type or unmodified IgD has the same sequence as the vIgD exceptthat it does not contain the one or more amino acid modifications (e.g.substitutions).

In some embodiments, the equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(d)) ofthe ARBM to CD28 can be less than 1×10⁻⁵M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁸ M,1×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less. In someembodiments, the ARBM binds to CD28 with a K_(d) of from or from about100 pm to 5000 pm, 100 pm to 2000 pm, 100 pm to 1500 pm, 100 pm to 1000pm, 100 pm to 800 pm, 100 pm to 500 pm, 100 pm to 400 pm, 400 pm to 4000pm, 400 pm to 2000 pm, 400 pm to 1500 pm, 400 pm to 1000 pm, 400 pm to800 pm, 400 pm to 500 pm, 500 pm to 5000 pm, 500 pm to 2000 pm, 500 pmto 1500 pm, 500 pm to 1000 pm, 500 pm to 800 pm, 800 pm to 5000 pm, 800pm to 2000 pm, 800 pm to 1500 pm, 800 pm to 1000 pm, 1000 pm to 5000 pm,1000 pm to 2000 pm, 1000 pm to 1500 pm, 1500 pm to 5000 pm, 1500 to 2000pm to 2000 pm to 50000 pm. In some embodiments, the ABRM binds to CD28with a K_(d) of less than 200 pM, 300 pM, 400 pM, 500 pM. In someembodiments, the ABRM binds to CD28 with a K_(d) of greater than orgreater than about 500 pm but less than or less than about 2000 pm, suchas from or from about 500 pm to 1500 pm, 500 pm to 1250 pm, 500 pm to1000 pm, 500 pm to 750 pm, 750 pm to 1500 pm, 750 pm to 1250 pm, 750 pmto 1000 pm, 1000 pm to 2000 pm, 1000 pm to 1500 pm or 1500 pm to 2000pm.

In some embodiments, the ARBM binds to ICOS. In some embodiments, thevariant ARBM binds to ICOS and to CD28. In some aspects, the equilibriumdissociation constant (K_(d)) for binding to ICOS can be less than1×10⁻⁵ M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁸ M, 1×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M,or 1×10⁻¹² M. In some embodiments, the ARBM exhibits a greater bindingactivity, e.g. binding affinity, for CD28 than for ICOS, such as abinding activity, e.g. binding affinity, that is at least 1.2-fold,1.5-fold, 2.0-fold, 3.0-fold, 4.0-fold, 5.0-fold or 10.0-fold greaterfor CD28 than for ICOS. In some embodiments, the ARBM exhibits a greaterbinding activity, e.g. binding affinity, for ICOS than for CD28, such asa binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, that is at least 1.2-fold,1.5-fold, 2.0-fold, 3.0-fold, 4.0-fold, 5.0-fold or 10.0-fold greaterfor ICOS than for CD28.

Unless stated otherwise, the amino acid modification(s) present in avIgD of a ICOSL ECD or an IgD (e.g. IgV) thereof are designated by aminoacid position number corresponding to the numbering of positions of theunmodified ECD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:32 or, where applicable,the unmodified IgV sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2056 or 2244. It iswithin the level of a skilled artisan to identify the correspondingposition of a modification, e.g. amino acid substitution, in an ECD or aportion thereof containing an IgSF domain (e.g. IgV) thereof, such as byalignment of a reference sequence with SEQ ID NOs: 32, 2056 or 2244. Inthe listing of modifications throughout this disclosure, the amino acidposition is indicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid listed before the number and the identifiedvariant amino acid substitution listed after the number. If themodification is a deletion of the position a “del” is indicated and ifthe modification is an insertion at the position an “ins” is indicated.In some cases, an insertion is listed with the amino acid positionindicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified (e.g.wild-type) amino acid listed before and after the number and theidentified variant amino acid insertion listed after the unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid.

In some embodiments, the ARBM contains a vIgD that has up to 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions. The one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, can be in the ectodomain(extracellular domain) of the wild-type or unmodified ICOSL. In someembodiments, the one or more amino acid modifications, e.g.substitutions, are in the ECD domain of ICOSL or a specific bindingfragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgV domain of ICOSL or aspecific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or moreamino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in an IgC domain ofICOSL or a specific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, theone or more amino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgVdomain of ICOSL or a specific binding fragment thereof and in an IgCdomain or domains of ICOSL or a specific binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that has one or moreamino acid modification, e.g. substitution, in an unmodified IgD ofICOSL or a specific binding fragment there of corresponding toposition(s) 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 25, 27, 30, 33, 37, 42, 43, 47, 52,54, 57, 61, 62, 67, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78, 75, 80, 84, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94,96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 107, 109, 110, 111, 113, 115, 116, 117,119, 120, 121, 122, 126, 129, 130, 132, 133, 135, 138, 139, 140, 142,143, 144, 146, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 161, 166, 168, 172,173, 175, 190, 192, 193, 194, 198, 201, 203, 207, 208, 210, 212, 217,218, 220, 221, 224, 225, or 227 with reference to numbering of SEQ IDNO:32, 2056 or 2244.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD of ICOSL that hasone or more amino acid modification, e.g. substitution, selected fromM10V, M10I, V11E, S13G, E16V, S18R, A20V, S25G, F27S, F27C, N30D,Y33del, Q37R, K42E, T43A, Y47H, N52A, N52C, N52D, N52G, N52H, N52L,N52K, N52M, N52P, N52Q, N52R, N52S, N52T, N52V, N52Y, S54A, S54P, N57A,N57E, N57F, N57H, N57K, N57L, N57M, N57P, N57Q, N57S, N57T, N57V, N57W,N57Y, R61S, R61C, Y62F, L67P, A71T, G72R, L74Q, R75Q, D77G, F78L, L80P,N84Q, D89G, E90A, K92R, F93L, H94E, H94D, L96F, L96I, V97A, L98F, S99G,Q100A, Q100D, Q100E, Q100G, Q100K, Q100L, Q100M, Q100N, Q100R, Q100P,Q100S, Q100T, Q100V, L102R, G103E, V107A, V107I, S109G, S109N, V110D,V110N, V110A, E111del, T113E, H115R, H115Q, V116A, A117T, N119Q, F120I,F120S, S121G, V122A, V122M, S126T, S126R, H129P, S130G, S132F, Q133H,E135K, F138L, T139S, C140D, C140del, S142F, I143V, I143T, N144D, Y146C,V151A, Y152C, Y152H, W153R, I154F, N155H, N155Q, K156M, D158G, L161P,L161M, L166Q, N168Q, F172S, L173S, M175T, T1905, T190A, S192G, V193M,N194D, C198R, N201S, L203P, L203F, N207Q, L208P, V210A, S212G, D217V,1218T, 1218N, E220G, R221G, R221I, I224V, T225A, N227K or a conservativeamino acid modification, e.g. substitution thereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD of ICOSL that hastwo or more amino acid modification, e.g. substitution, selected fromM10V, M10I, V11E, S13G, E16V, S18R, A20V, S25G, F27S, F27C, N30D,Y33del, Q37R, K42E, T43A, Y47H, N52A, N52C, N52D, N52G, N52H, N52L,N52K, N52M, N52P, N52Q, N52R, N52S, N52T, N52V, N52Y, S54A, S54P, N57A,N57E, N57F, N57H, N57K, N57L, N57M, N57P, N57Q, N57S, N57T, N57V, N57W,N57Y, R61S, R61C, Y62F, L67P, A71T, G72R, L74Q, R75Q, D77G, F78L, L80P,N84Q, D89G, E90A, K92R, F93L, H94E, H94D, L96F, L96I, V97A, L98F, S99G,Q100A, Q100D, Q100E, Q100G, Q100K, Q100L, Q100M, Q100N, Q100R, Q100P,Q100S, Q100T, Q100V, L102R, G103E, V107A, V107I, S109G, S109N, V110D,V110N, V110A, E111del, T113E, H115R, H115Q, V116A, A117T, N119Q, F120I,F120S, S121G, V122A, V122M, S126T, S126R, H129P, S130G, S132F, Q133H,E135K, F138L, T139S, C140D, C140del, S142F, I143V, I143T, N144D, Y146C,V151A, Y152C, Y152H, W153R, I154F, N155H, N155Q, K156M, D158G, L161P,L161M, L166Q, N168Q, F172S, L173S, M175T, T190S, T190A, S192G, V193M,N194D, C198R, N201S, L203P, L203F, N207Q, L208P, V210A, S212G, D217V,I218T, I218N, E220G, R221G, R221I, I224V, T225A or N227K.

In some embodiments, the amino acid modification(s), e.g.substitution(s) is N52Y/N57Y/F138L/L203P, N52H/N57Y/Q100P,N52S/Y146C/Y152C, N52H/C198R, N52H/C140D/T225A, N52H/C198R/T225A,N52H/K92R, N52H/S99G, N57Y/Q100P, N52S/G103E, N52S/S130G/Y152C,N52S/Y152C, N52S/C198R, N52Y/N57Y/Y152C, N52Y/N57Y/H129P/C198R,N52H/L161P/C198R, N52S/T113E, N52D/S54P, N52K/L208P, N52S/Y152H,N52D/V151A, N52H/I143T, N52S/L80P, F120S/Y152H/N201S, N52S/R75Q/L203P,N52S/D158G, N52D/Q133H, N52S/N57Y/H94D/L96F/L98F/Q100R,N52S/N57Y/H94D/L96F/L98F/Q100R/G103E/F120S, N52H/F78L/Q100R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D, N52H/N57Y/R75Q/Q100R/V110D, N52H/N57Y/Q100R,N52H/N57Y/L74Q/Q100R/V110D, N52H/Q100R, N52H/S121G,A20V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/S109G, N52H/N57Y/Q100P,N52H/N57Y/R61S/Q100R/V110D/L173S, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V122A,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S, N52H/N57Y, N52S/F120S, N52S/V97A, N52S/G72R,N52S/A71T/A117T, N52S/E220G, Y47H/N52S/V107A/F120S,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/S132F/M175T,E16V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/Y152C/K156M/C198R,Q37R/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110N/S142F/C198R/D217V/R221G,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/V116A/L161M/F172S/S192G/C198R,F27S/N52H/N57Y/V110N, N52S/H94E/L96I/S109N/L166Q,S18R/N52S/F93L/I143V/R221G, A20T/N52D/Y146C/Q164L,V11E/N30D/N52H/N57Y/H94E/L96I/L98F/N194D/V210A/I218T,N52S/H94E/L96I/V122M, N52H/N57Y/H94E/L96I/F120I/S126T/W153R/I218N,M10V/S18R/N30D/N52S/S126R/T139S/L203F, S25G/N30D/N52S/F120S/N227K,N30D/N52S/L67P/Q100K/D217G/R221K/T225S,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/A117T/T190S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/F172S/C198R,S25G/F27C/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/E135K/L173S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/V110A/C198R/R221I,M10I/S13G/N52H/N57Y/D77G/V110A/H129P/I143V/F172S/V193M, C198R,N52H/N57Y/R61C/Y62F/Q100R/V110N/F120S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/N144D/F172S/C198R, N52S/H94E/L98F/Q100R,N52S/E90A, N30D/K42E/N52S, N52S/F120S/I143V/I224V,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/C198R/5212G, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/C198R, N52S/N194D,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/L102R/V110D/H115R/C198R, N52S/S54P, T38P/N52S/N57D,N52H/C140del/T225A, N52H/F78L/Q100R/C198R, N52H/N57Y/R75Q/Q100P/V110D,N52H/N57Y/L74Q/V110D/S192G, N52H/S121G/C198R, N52S/F120S/N227K,N52S/A71T/A117T/T190A/C198R, T43A/N52H/N57Y/L74Q/D89G/V110D/F172S,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/S132F/M175T,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V107I/V110D/1154F/C198R/R221G, Q100R, F138L/L203P,N57Y/F138L/L203P, N57Y/Q100R/C198R, N57Y/F138L/L203P, Q100R/F138L,L203P, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/I143V/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/L102R/H115R/F172S/C198R, N52H/V122A/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/N194D, N52H/N57Y/H115R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/C198R, N52H/N57Y/H115R, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/1224V, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S, N52H/Q100R/H115R/1143T/F172S,N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R/F172S, N52Y/N57Y/Q100P/F172S,E16V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/C198R,E16V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/Y152C/K156M/F172S/C198R,N52S/E90A/H115R, N30D/K42E N52S/H115R, N30D/K42E/N52S/H115R/C198R/R221I,N30D/K42E/N52S/H115R/C198R, N30D/K42E/N52S/H115R/F172S/N194D,N52S/H115R/F120S/I143V/C198R, N52S/H115R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100P/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100P H115R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100P/F172S/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R,N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R/C198R, N52H/Q100R/C198R, N52H/Q100R/H115R/F172S,N52H/Q100R/F172S/C198R, N52H/Q100R/H115Q/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S/C198R, N52Q/N207Q, N168Q/N207Q, N52Q/N168Q,N84Q/N207Q, N155Q/N207Q, N119Q/N168Q, N119Q/N207Q, N119Q/N155Q,N52Q/N84Q, N52Q/N119Q, N84Q/N119Q, N52Q/N84Q/N168Q, N52Q/N84Q/N207Q,N84Q/N155Q/N168Q, N84Q/N168Q/N207Q, N84Q/N155H/N207Q, N155Q/N168Q/N207Q,N119Q/N155Q/N168Q, N119Q/N168Q/N207Q, N84Q/N119Q/N207Q,N119Q/N155H/N207Q, N84Q/N119Q/N155Q, N52Q/N119Q/N155Q, N52H/N84Q/N119Q,N52H/N84Q, N52H/N84Q/N168Q, N52H/N84Q/N207Q, N52H/N84Q/N168Q/N207Q,N52Q/N84Q/N155Q, N52Q/N84Q/N168Q, N52Q/N84Q/N155Q/N168Q,N52Q/N84Q/N119Q/N168Q, N84Q/N119Q/N155Q/N168Q, N84Q/N155Q/N168Q/N207Q,N84Q/N119Q/N155Q/N207Q, N52Q/N84Q/N119Q/N207Q, N52Q/N84Q/N119Q/N155Q,N52Q/N84Q/N119Q/N155Q/N207Q, N84Q/N119Q/N155Q/N168Q/N207Q,N52A/N57F/Q100S, N52A/N57H/Q100S, N52A/N57Y/Q100A, N52D/N57A/Q100A,N52D/Q100S, N52G/Q100A, N52H/Q100A, N52M/N57H/Q100S, N52M/N57W/Q100P,N52Q/N57F, N52Q/N57S/Q100A, N52R/N57L/Q100A, N52R/N57Y/Q100P,N52R/N57Y/Q100S, N52S/N57A/Q100A, N52S/N57H/Q100E, N52S/N57L/Q100S,N52S/N57M/Q100S, N52S/N57Y/Q100S, N52S/N57Y/Q100M, N52S/N57Y/Q100V,N52T/N57H/Q100S, N52T/N57H/Q100A, N52T/N57Y/Q100A, N52V/N57L/Q100A,N52H/N57Y/Q100K, N52K/N57Y/Q100R, N52L/N57H/Q100R, N52R/N57F/Q100N,N52R/N57F/Q100P, N52R/N57F/Q100R, N52R/N57F/Q100T, N52R/N57H/Q100K,N52R/N57L/Q100S, N52R/N57W/Q100K, N52R/N57W, N52R/N57Y/Q100R,N52C/N57E/Q100S, N52G/N57P/Q100D, N52G/N57V/Q100G, N52G/N57V, N52L/N57V,N52P/N57P, N52P/N57S/Q100G, N52S/N57L/Q100G, N52T/N57K/Q100P,N52V/N57T/Q100L, or N57Q/Q100P.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or an IgD (e.g. IgV) of wild-type ICOSLset forth in Table 7 or a vIgD thereof comprising any of themodifications (e.g. substitutions) listed in Table 7. Table 7 alsoprovides exemplary sequences by reference to SEQ ID NO for ARBMscontaining an ECD or IgV domain of ICOSL. As indicated, the exact locusor residues corresponding to a given domain can vary, such as dependingon the methods used to identify or classify the domain. Also, in somecases, adjacent N- and/or C-terminal amino acids of a given domain (e.g.IgV) also can be included in a sequence of an ARBM, such as to ensureproper folding of the domain when expressed. Thus, it is understood thatthe exemplification of the SEQ ID NOS in Table 7 is not to be construedas limiting. For example, the particular domain, such as the ECD or IgVdomain, can be several amino acids longer or shorter, such as 1-10, e.g.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 amino acids longer or shorter, than the sequenceof amino acids set forth in the respective SEQ ID NO. Mutationsdesignated with an “X” indicate the designated position contains a Q orthe wild-type residue set forth in the corresponding position of SEQ IDNO: 32.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a wild-type ICOSL ECD setforth in SEQ ID NO: 32 or a variant ECD sequence set forth in any one ofSEQ ID NOS: 2022-2055, 2074, 2076-2121, 2137-2154, 2160-2197, 2200-2206,2208-2243, 2299-2346. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains asequence that exhibits at least 90% identity, at least 91% identity, atleast 92% identity, at least 93% identity, at least 94% identity, atleast 95% identity, such as at least 96% identity, 97% identity, 98%identity, or 99% identity to any one of SEQ ID NOS: 2022-2055, 2074,2076-2121, 2137-2154, 2160-2197, 2200-2206, 2208-2243, 2299-2346) andcontains the amino acid modification(s), e.g. substitution(s) notpresent in the unmodified or wild-type ICOSL ECD, e.g. not present inSEQ ID NO:32. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a specificbinding fragment of any of the ECD sequences set forth in any one of SEQID NOS: 2022-2055, 2074, 2076-2121, 2137-2154, 2160-2197, 2200-2206,2208-2243, 2299-2346) and contains the amino acid modification(s), e.g.substitution (s) not present in the wild-type or unmodified ICOSL ECD,e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:32.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a wild-type ICOSL IgV setforth in SEQ ID NO: 2056 or 2244 or a variant IgV sequence set forth inany one of SEQ ID NOS: 2057-2073, 2075, 2122-2136, 2155-2159, 2189-2199,2207, 2245-2298, 2347-2518. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or containsa sequence that exhibits at least 90% identity, at least 91% identity,at least 92% identity, at least 93% identity, at least 94% identity, atleast 95% identity, such as at least 96% identity, 97% identity, 98%identity, or 99% identity to any of the IgV sequences set forth in anyone of SEQ ID NOS: 2057-2073, 2075, 2122-2136, 2155-2159, 2189-2199,2207, 2245-2298, 2347-2518 and contains the amino acid modification(s)(e.g. substitution(s)) not present in the unmodified or wild-type ICOSL,e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:2056 or 2244. In some embodiments, theARBM is or contains a specific binding fragment of any of the IgVsequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 2057-2073, 2075,2122-2136, 2155-2159, 2189-2199, 2207, 2245-2298, 2347-2518 and thatcontains the amino acid substitution(s) not present in the unmodified orwild-type ICOSL, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:2056 or 2244.

TABLE 7 Exemplary ICOSL ARBMs containing an IgD or vIgD ECD SEQ IgV SEQID Mutation(s) ID NO NO Wild-type 32 2056, 2244 N52S 2022 2057, 2245N52H 2023 2058, 2246 N52D 2024 2059, 2247 N52Y/N57Y/F138L/L203P 20252443, 2444 N52H/N57Y/Q100P 2026  261, 2248 N52S/Y146C/Y152C 2027 2057,2245 N52H/C198R 2028 2058, 2246 N52H/C140D/T225A 2029 2058, 2246N52H/C198R/T225A 2030 2058, 2246 N52H/K92R 2031 2062, 2249 N52H/S99G2032 2063, 2250 N52Y 2033 2064, 2251 N57Y 2034 2065, 2252 N57Y/Q100P2035 2066, 2253 N52S/S130G/Y152C 2036 2057, 2245 N52S/Y152C 2037 2057,2245 N52S/C198R 2038 2057, 2245 N52Y/N57Y/Y152C 2039 2443, 2444N52Y/N57Y/H129P/C198R 2040 2443, 2444 N52H/L161P/C198R 2041 2058, 2246N52S/T113E 2042 2057, 2254 S54A 2043 2067, 2255 N52D/S54P 2044 2068,2256 N52K/L208P 2045 2446, 2447 N52S/Y152H 2046 2057, 2245 N52D/V151A2047 2059, 2247 N52H/I143T 2048 2058, 2246 N52S/L80P 2049 2070, 2257F120S/Y152H/N201S 2050 2056, 2244 N52S/R75Q/L203P 2051 2448, 2449N52S/D158G 2052 2057, 2245 N52D/Q133H 2053 2059, 2247N52S/N57Y/H94D/L96F/L98F/Q100R 2054 2072, 2258N52S/N57Y/H94D/L96F/L98F/Q100R/G103E/F120S 2055 2450, 2259 N52S/G103E2074 2075, 2260 N52H/F78L/Q100R 2076 2122, 2261 N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D2077 2123, 2262 N52H/N57Y/R75Q/Q100R/V110D 2078 2124, 2263N52H/N57Y/Q100R 2079 2125, 2264 N52H/N57Y/L74Q/Q100R/V110D 2080 2126,2265 N52H/Q100R 2081 2127, 2266 N52H/S121G 2082 2058, 2267A20V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/S109G 2083 2128, 2268 N52H/N57Y/Q100P 2084 2129,2269 N52H/N57Y/R61S/Q100R/V110D/L173S 2085 2452, 2453N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V122A 2086 2125, 2270 N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S 2087 2125,2264 N52H/N57Y 2088 2130, 2271 N52S/F120S 2089 2057, 2272 N52S/V97A 20902131, 2273 N52S/G72R 2091 2132, 2274 N52S/A71T/A117T 2092 2454, 2275N52S/E220G 2093 2057, 2254 Y47H/N52S/V107A/F120S 2094 2455, 2276N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/S132F/M175T 2095 2123, 2262E16V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/Y152C/K156M/C198R 2096 2456, 2457Q37R/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110N/S142F/C198R/D217V/R221G 2097 2458, 2459N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/C198R 2098 2123, 2262N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/V116A/L161M/F172S/S192G/C198R 2099 2460, 2461F27S/N52H/N57Y/V110N 2100 2133, 2277 N52S/H94E/L96I/S109N/L166Q 21012462, 2463 S18R/N52S/F93L/I143V/R221G 2102 2464, 2465A20T/N52D/Y146C/Q164L 2103 2466, 2467V11E/N30D/N52H/N57Y/H94E/L96I/L98F/N194D/V210A/I218T 2104 2468, 2469N52S/H94E/L96I/V122M 2105 2470, 2278N52H/N57Y/H94E/L96I/F1201/S126T/W153R/I218N 2106 2471, 2472M10V/S18R/N30D/N52S/S126R/T139S/L203F 2107 2473, 2474S25G/N30D/N52S/F120S/N227K 2108 2475, 2476N30D/N52S/L67P/Q100K/D217G/R221K/T225S 2109 2477, 2478N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/A117T/T190S/C198R 2110 2123, 2479N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/F172S/C198R 2111 2123, 2262S25G/F27C/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/E135K/L173S/C198R 2112 2480, 2481N52H/N57Y/V110A/C198R/R2211 2113 2482, 2483M10I/S13G/N52H/N57Y/D77G/V110A/H129P/I143V/F172S/V193M/C198R 2114 2484,2485 N52H/N57Y/R61C/Y62F/Q100R/V110N/F120S/C198R 2115 2486, 2487N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/C198R 2116 2123, 2488N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/N144D/F172S/C198R 2117 2123, 2262N52S/H94E/L98F/Q100R 2118 2134, 2279 N52S/E90A 2119 2135, 2280N30D/K42E/N52S 2120 2136, 2281 N52S/F120S/I143V/I224V 2121 2057, 2272N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/C198R/S212G 2137 2489, 2490 N52H/N57Y/Q100R/C198R2138 2125, 2264 N52S/N194D 2139 2057, 2245N52H/N57Y/Q100R/L102R/V110D/H115R/C198R 2140  291, 2492 N52S/S54P 21412155, 2282 T38P/N52S/N57D 2142 2156, 2283 E111del 2143 2157, 2284 Y33del2144 2158, 2285 N52H/C140del/T225A 2145 2058, 2246 N52H/F78L/Q100R/C198R2146 2122, 2261 N52H/N57Y/R75Q/Q100P/V110D 2147 2159, 2286N52H/N57Y/L74Q/V110D/S192G 2148 2493, 2494 N52H/S121G/C198R 2149 2058,2267 N52S/F120S/N227K 2150 2057, 2272 N52S/A71T/A117T/T190A/C198R 21512454, 2275 T43A/N52H/N57Y/L74Q/D89G/V110D/F172S 2152 2451, 2495N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/S132F/M175T 2153 2123, 2262N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V1071/V110D/I154F/C198R/R221G 2154 2496, 2497 N84Q 21602198, 2287 N119Q 2161 2056, 2503 N168Q 2162 2056, 2244 N207Q 2163 2056,2244 N52Q/N207X 2164 2498, 2499 N168X/N207X 2165 2056, 2244 N52Q/N168Q2166 2498, 2499 N84Q/N207Q 2167 2198, 2501 N155Q/N207Q 2168 2056, 2244N119Q/N168Q 2169 2056, 2503 N119Q/N207Q 2170 2056, 2503 N119Q/N155X 21712056, 2503 N52Q/N84Q 2172 2199, 2289 N52Q/N119Q 2173 2498, 2290N84Q/N119Q 2174 2198, 2291 N52Q/N84Q/N168Q 2175 2199, 2289N52Q/N84Q/N207Q 2176 2199, 2289 N84Q/N155Q/N168Q 2177 2198, 2287N84Q/N168Q/N207Q 2178 2198, 2287 N84Q/N155H/N207Q 2179 2198, 2287N155Q/N168Q/N207Q 2180 2056, 2244 N119QN155Q/N168Q 2181 2056, 2503N119Q/N168Q/N207Q 2182 2056, 2503 N84Q/N119Q/N207Q 2183 2198, 2291N119Q/N155H/N207Q 2184 2056, 2503 N84Q/N119Q/N155Q 2185 2198, 2291N52Q/N119Q/N155Q 2186 2498, 2290 N52H/N84Q/N119Q 2187 2500, 2292N52H/N84Q/N168X/N207X 2188 2500, 2502 N52Q/N84Q/N155X/N168X 2189 2199,2289 N52Q/N84Q/N119Q/N168Q 2190 2199, 2504 N84Q/N119Q/N155Q/N168Q 21912198, 2291 N84Q/N155Q/N168Q/N207Q 2192 2198, 2287 N84Q/N119Q/N155Q/N207Q2193 2198, 2291 N52Q/N84Q/N119Q/N207Q 2194 2199, 2504N52Q/N84Q/N119Q/N155Q 2195 2199, 2504 N52Q/N84Q/N119Q/N155Q/N207Q 21962199, 2504 N84Q/N119Q/N155Q/N168Q/N207Q 2197 2198, 2291 Q100R 2200 2207,2293 F138L/L203P 2201 2056, 2244 N52Y/F138L/L203P 2202 2064, 2251N57Y/Q100R/C198R 2203 2505, 2506 N57Y/F138L/L203P 2204 2065, 2252Q100R/F138L 2205 2507, 2508 L203P 2206 2056, 2244N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/C198R 2208 2125, 2295 N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S/C198R2209 2125, 2264 N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/C198R 2210 2125, 2295N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/I143V/F172S/C198R 2211 2125, 2295N52H/N57Y/Q100R/L102R/H115R/F172S/C198R 2212 2510, 2511N52H/V122A/F172S/C198R 2213 2058, 2512 N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/N194D2214 2125, 2295 N52H/N57Y/H115R/F172S/C198R 2215 2130, 2294N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/C198R 2216 2125, 2295 N52H/N57Y/H115R 2217 2130,2294 N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R 2218 2125, 2295N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/I224V 2219 2125, 2295N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S 2220 2125, 2295 N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S 22212125, 2264 N52H/Q100R/H115R/I143T/F172S 2222 2127, 2513N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R/F172S 2223 2129, 2514 N52Y/N57Y/Q100P/F172S 22242515, 2516 E16V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/C198R 2225 2456, 2457E16V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/Y152C/K156M/F172S/C198R 2226  245, 2457N52S/E90A/H115R 2227  235, 2296 N30D/K42E/N52S/H115R 2228 2517, 2297N30D/K42E/N52S/H115R/C198R/R221I 2229 2517, 2297N30D/K42E/N52S/H115R/C198R 2230 2517, 2297N30D/K42E/N52S/H115R/F172S/N194D 2231 2517, 2297N52S/H115R/F120S/I143V/C198R 2232 2057, 2518 N52S/H115R/F172S/C198R 22332057, 2514 N52H/N57Y/Q100P/C198R 2234 2129, 2269N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R/F172S/C198R 2235 2129, 2298N52H/N57Y/Q100P/F172S/C198R 2236 2129, 2269 N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R 22372129, 2298 N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R/C198R 2238 2129, 2298 N52H/Q100R/C198R2239 2127, 2266 N52H/Q100R/H115R/F172S 2240 2127, 2513N52H/Q100R/H115X/F172S/C198R 2241 2127, 2509N52H/Q100R/H115R/F172S/C198R 2242 2127, 2513 N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S/C198R2243 2125, 2264 N52A/N57F/Q100S 2299 2347, 2395 N52A/N57H/Q100S 23002348, 2396 N52A/N57Y/Q100A 2301 2349, 2397 N52D/N57A/Q100A 2302 2350,2398 N52D/Q100S 2303 2351, 2399 N52G/Q100A 2304 2352, 2400 N52H/Q100A2305 2353, 2401 N52M/N57H/Q100S 2306 2354, 2402 N52M/N57W/Q100P 23072355, 2403 N52Q/N57F 2308 2356, 2404 N52Q/N57S/Q100A 2309 2357, 2405N52R/N57L/Q100A 2310 2358, 2406 N52R/N57Y/Q100P 2311 2359, 2407N52R/N57Y/Q100S 2312 2360, 2408 N52S/N57A/Q100A 2313 2361, 2409N52S/N57H/Q100E 2314 2362, 2410 N52S/N57L/Q100S 2315 2363, 2411N52S/N57M/Q100S 2316 2364, 2412 N52S/N57Y/Q100S 2317 2365, 2413N52S/N57Y/Q100M 2318 2366, 2414 N52S/N57Y/Q100V 2319 2367, 2415N52T/N57H/Q100S 2320 2368, 2416 N52T/N57H/Q100A 2321 2369, 2417N52T/N57Y/Q100A 2322 2370, 2418 N52V/N57L/Q100A 2323 2371, 2419N52H/N57Y/Q100K 2324 2372, 2420 N52K/N57Y/Q100R 2325 2373, 2421N52L/N57H/Q100R 2326 2374, 2422 N52R/N57F/Q100N 2327 2375, 2423N52R/N57F/Q100P 2328 2376, 2424 N52R/N57F/Q100R 2329 2377, 2425N52R/N57F/Q100T 2330 2378, 2426 N52R/N57H/Q100K 2331 2379, 2427N52R/N57L/Q100S 2332 2380, 2428 N52R/N57W/Q100K 2333 2381, 2429N52R/N57W 2334 2382, 2430 N52R/N57Y/Q100R 2335 2383, 2431N52C/N57E/Q100S 2336  284, 2432 N52G/N57P/Q100D 2337 2385, 2433N52G/N57V/Q100G 2338 2386, 2434 N52G/N57V 2339 2387, 2435 N52L/N57V 23402388, 2436 N52P/N57P 2341 2389, 2437 N52P/N57S/Q100G 2342 2390, 2438N52S/N57L/Q100G 2343 2391, 2439 N52T/N57K/Q100P 2344 2392, 2440N52V/N57T/Q100L 2345 2393, 2441 N57Q/Q100P 2346 2394, 2442

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that contains one ormore amino acid modifications (e.g. substitutions) corresponding to aposition(s) selected from 52, 57, 100, 110, or 198. In some embodiments,the one or more amino acid modifications are selected from N52H, N52D,N52S, N52K, S54A, S54P, N57Y, Q100P, Q100R, V110A, V110D, C198R, or aconservative amino acid substitution thereof.

In some embodiments, the variant ICOSL polypeptide has one or more aminoacid substitutions including N52S, N52S, N52D, N52Y/N57Y/F138L/L203P,N52H/N57Y/Q100P, N52S/Y146C/Y152C, N52H/C198R, N52H/C140del/T225A,N52H/C198R/T225A, N52H/K92R, N52H/S99G, N57Y, N57Y/Q100P,N52S/S130G/Y152C, N52S/Y152C, N52S/C198R, N52Y/N57Y/Y152C,N52Y/N57Y/H129P/C198R, N52H/L161P/C198R, N52S/T113E, S54A, N52D/S54P,N52K/L208P, N52S/Y152H, N52H/I143T, N52S/L80P, N52S/D158G, N52D/Q133H,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/C198R/S212G, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/C198R,N52H/N57Y/L74Q/V110D/S192G, N52H/Q100R, N52H/S121G/C198R,A20V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/S109G, N52H/N57Y/Q100P/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V122A, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S, N52H/N57Y/Q100R,N52S/F120S/N227K, N52S/N194D, N52S/F120S, N52S/G72R,N52S/A71T/A117T/T190A/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V107I/V110D/S132F/1154F/C198R/R221G,E16V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/Y152C/K156M/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/C198R, F27S/N52H/N57Y/V110N,N52S/H94E/L96I/S109N/L166Q, S18R/N52S/F93L/I143V/R221G,V11E/N30D/N52H/N57Y/H94E/L96I/L98F/N194D/V210A/I218T,N52S/H94E/L96I/V122M, N52H/N57Y/H94E/L96I/F120I/S126T/W153R/I218N,M10V/S18R/N30D/N52S/S126R/T139S/L203F, S25G/N30D/N52S/F120S/N227K,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/F172S/C198R,S25G/F27C/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/E135K/L173S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/V110A/C198R/R221I, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/L102R/V110D/H115R/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/N144D/F172S/C198R, N52S/H94E/L98F/Q100R,N52S/E90A, N52S/F120S/I143V/I224V, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/C198R, N52Y/N57Y/Q100P/F172S,E16V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/Y152C/K156M/F172S/C198R,N52S/H115R/F120S/I143V/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100P/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R/F172S/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100P/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R, N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R/C198R, N52H/Q100R/C198R,N52H/Q100R/H115R/F172S, N52H/Q100R/H115X/F172S/C198R,N52H/Q100R/H115R/F172S/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S, Q100R,N52Y/F138L/L203P, N57Y/Q100R/C198R, N57Y/F138L/L203, N52H, N57Y,N57Y/Q100P, Q100R/F138L, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/1224V, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/C198R, N52H/N57Y/Q100R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/I143V/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/L102R/H115R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/F172S/N194D, N52H/N57Y/H115R/F172S/C198R,N52H/N57Y/Q100R/H115R/C198R, N52H/N57Y/H115R,N52H/Q100R/H115R/1143T/F172S, N52H/N57Y/Q100P/H115R/F172S,E16V/N52H/N57Y/Q100R/V110D/H115R/C198R,N30D/K42E/N52S/H115R/C198R/R221I, N52S/E90A/H115R, N30D/K42E/N52S/H115R,N52S/H115R/F172S/C198R, N119Q, N207Q, N52Q/N207X, N168X/N207X,N52Q/N168Q, N84Q/N207Q, N119Q/N168Q, N119Q/N207Q, N119Q/N155X,N52Q/N119Q, N52Q/N84Q/N207Q, N119Q/N155Q/N168Q, N52Q/N84Q/N155X/N168X,N52Q/N84Q/N119Q/N168Q, N52A/N57F/Q100S, N52A/N57H/Q100S,N52A/N57Y/Q100A, N52D/N57A/Q100A, N52D/Q100S, N52G/Q100A, N52H/Q100A,N52M/N57H/Q100S, N52M/N57W/Q100P, N52Q/N57F, N52Q/N57S/Q100A,N52R/N57L/Q100A, N52R/N57Y/Q100P, N52R/N57Y/Q100S, N52S/N57A/Q100A,N52S/N57H/Q100E, N52S/N57L/Q100S, N52S/N57M/Q100S, N52S/N57Y/Q100S,N52S/N57Y/Q100M, N52S/N57Y/Q100V, N52T/N57H/Q100S, N52T/N57H/Q100A,N52T/N57Y/Q100A, N52V/N57L/Q100A, N52H/N57Y/Q100K, N52K/N57Y/Q100R,N52L/N57H/Q100R, N52R/N57F/Q100N, N52R/N57F/Q100P, N52R/N57F/Q100R,N52R/N57F/Q100T, N52R/N57L/Q100S, N52R/N57W/Q100K, N52R/N57W, N52G/N57V,N52L/N57V, N52S/N57L/Q100G, N52T/N57K/Q100P.

b. CD80 IgD or vIgD

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an ARBM that isor contains one or more IgD, such as a wild-type or unmodified IgD or avIgD, of CD80. In some embodiments, the ARBM is not the full lengthsequence of the CD80. In some aspects, the ARBM is a solublepolypeptide, is not membrane-expressed and/or lacks the transmembraneand/or cytoplasmic domain of CD80. In some embodiments, the ARBM onlycontains an extracellular domain (ECD) or a specific binding fragmentthereof containing a IgD or vIgD, such as only contains an IgV domain oran IgC domain or specific binding fragment thereof, or combinationsthereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains the ECD sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO:28 or a specific binding fragment thereof. In someembodiments, the ARBM is or contains an IgV sequence set forth in SEQ IDNOs: 1005, 1079, 2615, 2654, or 3580, or is a specific binding fragmentthereof.

(SEQ ID NO: 28) VIHVTKEVKEVATLSCGHNVSVEELAQTRIYWQKEKKMVLTMMSGDMNIWPEYKNRTIFDITNNLSIVILALRPSDEGTYECVVLKYEKDAFKREHLAEVTLSVKADFPTPSISDFEIPTSNIRRIICSTSGGFPEPHLSWLENGEELNAINTTVSQDPETELYAVSSKLDFNMTTNHSF MCLIKYGHLRVNQTFNWNTTKQEHFPDN(SEQ ID NO: 1005) VIHVTKEVKEVATLSCGHNVSVEELAQTRIYWQKEKKMVLTMMSGDMNIWPEYKNRTIFDITNNLSIVILAL RPSDEGTYECVVLKYEKDAFKREHLAEVT(SEQ ID NO: 1079) VIHVTKEVKEVATLSCGHNVSVEELAQTRIYWQKEKKMVLTMMSGDMNIWPEYKNRTIFDITNNLSIVIQAL RPSDEGTYECVVLKYEKDGFKREHLAEVTLSVKAD(SEQ ID NO: 2615) VIHVTKEVKEVATLSCGHNVSVEELAQTRIYWQKEKKMVLTMMSGDMNIWPEYKNRTIFDITNNLSIVIQALRPSDEGTYECVVLKYEKDGFKREHLAEVTLSVKADF (SEQ ID NO: 2654)VIHVTKEVKEVATLSCGHNVSVEELAQTRIYWQKEKKMVLTMMSGDMNIWPEYKNRTIFDITNNLSIVILAL RPSDEGTYECVVLKYEKDAFKREHLAEV(SEQ ID NO: 3580) VIHVTKEVKEVATLSCGHNVSVEELAQTRIYWQKEKKMVLTMMSGDMNIWPEYKNRTIFDITNNLSIVILAL RPSDEGTYECVVLKYEKDAFKREHLAEVTLSVKAD

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains an ARBM thatis or contains a vIgD containing one or more amino acid modifications,e.g. substitutions, in an IgD of a wild-type or unmodified CD80. In someembodiments, modifications provided herein can be in an ARBM containingan unmodified IgD set forth in SEQ ID NO: 28, 1005, 1079, 2615, 2654, or3580 or in a sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ IDNO: 28, 1005, 1079, 2615, 2654, or 3580. In some embodiments, an ARBMcontaining a vIgD of CD80 has at least about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%,90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identitywith the sequence set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 28, 1005, 1079, 2615,2654, or 3580.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that is anaffinity-modified IgSF domain that has an increased binding activity,such as binding affinity, for CD28 relative to the binding activity ofthe wild-type or unmodified IgD for CD28. In some embodiments, theincrease in binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, for CD28 isincreased at least about 5%, such as at least about 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%,35%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200% or more. In some embodiments, the increase inbinding activity, e.g. binding affinity, is more than 1.2-fold,1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold,9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold 40-fold, or 50-fold. In such examples,the wild-type or unmodified IgD has the same sequence as the vIgD exceptthat it does not contain the one or more amino acid modifications (e.g.substitutions).

In some embodiments, the equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(d)) ofthe ARBM to CD28 can be less than 1×10⁻⁵M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁸ M,1×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less. In someembodiments, the ARBM binds to CD28 with a K_(d) of from or from about100 pm to 5000 pm, 100 pm to 2000 pm, 100 pm to 1500 pm, 100 pm to 1000pm, 100 pm to 800 pm, 100 pm to 500 pm, 100 pm to 400 pm, 400 pm to 4000pm, 400 pm to 2000 pm, 400 pm to 1500 pm, 400 pm to 1000 pm, 400 pm to800 pm, 400 pm to 500 pm, 500 pm to 5000 pm, 500 pm to 2000 pm, 500 pmto 1500 pm, 500 pm to 1000 pm, 500 pm to 800 pm, 800 pm to 5000 pm, 800pm to 2000 pm, 800 pm to 1500 pm, 800 pm to 1000 pm, 1000 pm to 5000 pm,1000 pm to 2000 pm, 1000 pm to 1500 pm, 1500 pm to 5000 pm, 1500 to 2000pm to 2000 pm to 50000 pm. In some embodiments, the ABRM binds to CD28with a K_(d) of less than 200 pM, 300 pM, 400 pM, 500 pM. In someembodiments, the ABRM binds to CD28 with a K_(d) of greater than orgreater than about 500 pm but less than or less than about 2000 pm, suchas from or from about 500 pm to 1500 pm, 500 pm to 1250 pm, 500 pm to1000 pm, 500 pm to 750 pm, 750 pm to 1500 pm, 750 pm to 1250 pm, 750 pmto 1000 pm, 1000 pm to 2000 pm, 1000 pm to 1500 pm or 1500 pm to 2000pm.

In some aspects, a vIgD of CD80 may exhibit increased binding activity,e.g. binding affinity, to the inhibitory receptor CTLA-4. In someembodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g. binding affinity,for CTLA-4 is increased at least about 5%, such as at least about 10%,15%, 20%, 25%, 35%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200% or more. In some embodiments,the increase in binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, is more than1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold,8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold 40-fold, or 50-fold. In suchexamples, such a vIgD may be used as an IRBM in the embodiments providedherein. In some embodiments, the equilibrium dissociation constant(K_(d)) of the IRBM to CTLA-4 can be less than 1×10⁻⁵M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷M, 1×10⁻⁸ M, 1×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less. Insome embodiments, such an IRBM exhibits a greater binding activity, e.g.binding affinity, for CTLA-4 than for CD28, such as a binding activity,e.g. binding affinity, that is at least 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2.0-fold,3.0-fold, 4.0-fold, 5.0-fold or 10.0-fold greater for CTLA-4 than forCD28.

Unless stated otherwise, the amino acid modification(s) present in avIgD of a CD80 ECD or an IgD (e.g. IgV) thereof are designated by aminoacid position number corresponding to the numbering of positions of theunmodified ECD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:28 or, where applicable,the unmodified IgV sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1005, 1079, 2615,2654, or 3580. It is within the level of a skilled artisan to identifythe corresponding position of a modification, e.g. amino acidsubstitution, in an ECD or a portion thereof containing an IgSF domain(e.g. IgV) thereof, such as by alignment of a reference sequence withSEQ ID NOs: 28, 1005, 1079, 2615, 2654, or 3580. In the listing ofmodifications throughout this disclosure, the amino acid position isindicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified (e.g.wild-type) amino acid listed before the number and the identifiedvariant amino acid substitution listed after the number. If themodification is a deletion of the position a “del” is indicated and ifthe modification is an insertion at the position an “ins” is indicated.In some cases, an insertion is listed with the amino acid positionindicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified (e.g.wild-type) amino acid listed before and after the number and theidentified variant amino acid insertion listed after the unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid.

In some embodiments, the ARBM contains a vIgD that has up to 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions. The one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, can be in the ectodomain(extracellular domain) of the wild-type or unmodified CD80. In someembodiments, the one or more amino acid modifications, e.g.substitutions, are in the ECD domain of CD80 or a specific bindingfragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgV domain of CD80 or aspecific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or moreamino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in an IgC domain ofCD80 or a specific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, theone or more amino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgVdomain of CD80 or a specific binding fragment thereof and in an IgCdomain or domains of CD80 or a specific binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that has one or moreamino acid modifications (e.g., substitutions) in an unmodified IgD ofCD80 or specific binding fragment thereof corresponding to position(s)4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47,48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86,87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 102, 103, 104, 107, 108,109, 110, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 126, 127, 128, 129,130, 133, 137, 140, 142, 143, 144, 148, 149, 152, 154, 160, 162, 164,168, 169, 174, 175, 177, 178, 183, 185, 188, 190, 192, 193 or 199 withreference to numbering of SEQ ID NO: 28, 1005, 1079, 2615, 2654, or3580.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD of CD80 that has oneor more amino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, selected fromamong V4M, E7D, K9E, E10R, V11S, A12G, A12T, A12V, T13N, T13A, T13R,L14A, S15V, S15F, 515P, C165, C16G, C16L, C16R, G17W, H18L, H18R, H18Y,V20A, V20I, V20L, S21P, V22A, V22I, V22D, V22L, E23D, E23G, E24D, E24G,L25P, L25S, A26E, A26P, A26S, A26T, Q27H, Q27L, Q27R, T28A, T28S, R29C,R29D, R29H, R29V, 130F, 130T, 130V, Y31F, Y31H, Y31L, Y31S, Q33E, Q33H,Q33K, Q33L, Q33R, K34E, E35D, E35G, K36E, K36G, K36R, K37E, K37Q, M38I,M38L, M38T, M38V, L40M, T41A, T41G, T41D, T41I, T41S, M42I, M42T, M42V,M431, M43L, M43Q, M43R, M43T, M43V, S44P, D46E, D46V, M471, M47L, M47T,M47V, N48H, N48D, N48H, N48I, N48K, N48R, N48S, N48T, W50G, P51A, E52G,Y53C, Y53F, K54M, K54E, K54N, K54R, N55D, N55I, T57A, T57I, I58V, F59L,F59S, D60V, I61N, I61V, T62A, T62N, T62S, N63S, N64S, L65H, L65P, S66H,I67F, I67L, I67T, I67V, V68A, V68E, V68L, V68M, I69F, I69T, L70M, L70P,L70R, L70Q, A71D, A71G, L72V, L72P, R73H, R73S, P74L, P74S, D76G, D76H,E77A, E77G, E77K, G78A, T79A, T791, T79L, T79P, Y80N, E81A, E81G, E81K,E81R, E81V, C82R, V83A, V83I, V84A, V84I, L85E, L85I, L85M, L85R, L85Q,K86E, K86M, Y87H, Y87N, E88D, E88G, E88V, K89E, K89N, K89R, D90K, D90L,D90N, A91E, A91G, A91S, A91T, F92L, F92N, F92P, F92S, F92V, F92Y, K93I,K93E, K93Q, K93R, K93V, R94G, R94L, R94F, R94Q, R94W, E95D, E95K, E95V,H96R, L97M, L97R, L97Q, E99D, E99G, L1025, 5103L, S103P, V104A, V104L,D107N, F108L, P1095, P109H, T110A, D115G, S114T, F1165, F116L, E117V,E117G, 1118V, 1118A, 1118T, T120S, S121P, N122S, I126L, I126V, I127T,C128Y, C128R, 5129L, S129P, T130A, G133D, P137L, 5140T, L1425, E143G,N144D, N144S, L1485, N149D, N149S, N152T, T1541, T154A, E160G, E162G,Y164H, S168G, K169E, K1691, K1695, M174T, M174V, T175A, N177S, H178R,L183H, K185E, H188D, H188Q, R1905, N192D, Q193L, or T1995 or aconservative amino acid modification, e.g. substitution thereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD of CD80 that has twoor more amino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, selected fromamong V4M, E7D, K9E, E10R, V11S, A12G, A12T, A12V, T13N, T13A, T13R,L14A, S15V, S15F, S15P, C16S, C16G, C16L, C16R, G17W, H18L, H18R, H18Y,V20A, V20I, V20L, S21P, V22A, V22I, V22D, V22L, E23D, E23G, E24D, E24G,L25P, L25S, A26E, A26P, A26S, A26T, Q27H, Q27L, Q27R, T28A, T28S, R29C,R29D, R29H, R29V, 130F, 130T, 130V, Y31F, Y31H, Y31L, Y31S, Q33E, Q33H,Q33K, Q33L, Q33R, K34E, E35D, E35G, K36E, K36G, K36R, K37E, K37Q, M38I,M38L, M38T, M38V, L40M, T41A, T41G, T41D, T41I, T41S, M42I, M42T, M42V,M43I, M43L, M43Q, M43R, M43T, M43V, S44P, D46E, D46V, M47I, M47L, M47T,M47V, N48H, N48D, N48H, N48I, N48K, N48R, N48S, N48T, W50G, P51A, E52G,Y53C, Y53F, K54M, K54E, K54N, K54R, N55D, N55I, T57A, T57I, I58V, F59L,F59S, D60V, I61N, I61V, T62A, T62N, T62S, N63S, N64S, L65H, L65P, S66H,I67F, I67L, I67T, I67V, V68A, V68E, V68L, V68M, I69F, I69T, L70M, L70P,L70R, L70Q, A71D, A71G, L72V, L72P, R73H, R73S, P74L, P74S, D76G, D76H,E77A, E77G, E77K, G78A, T79A, T79I, T79L, T79P, Y80N, E81A, E81G, E81K,E81R, E81V, C82R, V83A, V83I, V84A, V84I, L85E, L85I, L85M, L85R, L85Q,K86E, K86M, Y87H, Y87N, E88D, E88G, E88V, K89E, K89N, K89R, D90K, D90L,D90N, A91E, A91G, A91S, A91T, F92L, F92N, F92P, F92S, F92V, F92Y, K93I,K93E, K93Q, K93R, K93V, R94G, R94L, R94F, R94Q, R94W, E95D, E95K, E95V,H96R, L97M, L97R, L97Q, E99D, E99G, L102S, S103L, S103P, V104A, V104L,D107N, F108L, P109S, P109H, T110A, D115G, S114T, F116S, F116L, E117V,E117G, 1118V, 1118A, 1118T, T120S, S121P, N122S, I126L, I126V, I127T,C128Y, C128R, S129L, S129P, T130A, G133D, P137L, S140T, L142S, E143G,N144D, N144S, L148S, N149D, N149S, N152T, T1541, T154A, E160G, E162G,Y164H, S168G, K169E, K1691, K169S, M174T, M174V, T175A, N177S, H178R,L183H, K185E, H188D, H188Q, R190S, N192D, Q193L, or T199S.

In some embodiments, the one or more amino acid modification(s), e.g.substitution(s) is 130F/L70P, Q27H/T41S/A71D, I30T/L70R,T13R/C16R/L70Q/A71D, T57I, M43I/C82R, V22L/M38V/M47T/A71D/L85M,130V/T571/L70P/A71D/A91T, V22I/L70M/A71D, N55D/L70P/E77G, T57A/I69T,N55D/K86M, L72P/T791, T79P, E35D/M471/L65P/D90N, L25S/E35D/M471/D90N,A71D, T13A/I61N/A71D, K34E/T41A/L72V, T41S/A71D/V84A, E35D/A71D,E35D/M47I, K36R/G78A, S44P/A71D, Q27H/M431/A71D/R73S,Q33R/K54N/T57I/167V/A71D, E35D/T57I/L70Q/A71D, M42I/I61V/A71D,P51A/A71D, H18Y/M471/T571/A71G, V201/M47V/T571/V841, V201/M47V/A71D,A71D/L72V/E95K, V22L/E35G/A71D/L72P, E35D/A71D, E35D/I67L/A71D,Q27H/E35G/A71D/L72P/T79I, T13R/M42V/M471/A71D, E35D, E35D/M471/L70M,E35D/A71D/L72V, E35D/M43L/L70M, A26P/E35D/M43I/L85Q/E88D,E35D/D46V/L85Q, Q27L/E35D/M471/T57I/L70Q/E88D, M47V/I69F/A71D/V831,E35D/T57A/A71D/L85Q, H18Y/A26T/E35D/A71D/L85Q, E35D/M47L,E23D/M42V/M431/158V/L70R, V68M/L70M/A71D/E95K, N551/T571/I69F,E35D/M43I/A71D, T41S/T571/L70R, H18Y/A71D/L72P/E88V, V20I/A71D,E23G/A26S/E35D/T62N/A71D/L72V/L85M, A12T/E24D/E35D/D46V/161V/L72P/E95V,V22L/E35D/M43L/A71G/D76H, E35G/K54E/A71D/L72P, L70Q/A71D,A26E/E35D/M47L/L85Q, D46E/A71D, Y31H/E35D/T41S/V68L/K93R/R94W,A26E/Q33R/E35D/M47L/L85Q/K86E, A26E/Q33R/E35D/M47L/L85Q, E35D/M47L/L85Q,A26E/Q33L/E35D/M47L/L85Q, A26E/Q33L/E35D/M47L,H18Y/A26E/Q33L/E35D/M47L/L85Q, Q33L/E35D/M47I, H18Y/Q33L/E35D/M471,Q33L/E35D/D46E/M47I, Q33R/E35D/D46E/M47I, H18Y/E35D/M47L,Q33L/E35D/M47V, Q33L/E35D/M47V/T79A, Q33L/E35D/T41S/M47V,Q33L/E35D/M47I/L85Q, Q33L/E35D/M47I/T62N/L85Q, Q33L/E35D/M47V/L85Q,A26E/E35D/M43T/M47L/L85Q/R94Q, Q33R/E35D/K37E/M47V/L85Q,V22A/E23D/Q33L/E35D/M47V, E24D/Q33L/E35D/M47V/K54R/L85Q,S15P/Q33L/E35D/M47L/L85Q, E7D/E35D/M47I/L97Q, Q33L/E35D/T41S/M43I,E35D/M47I/K54R/L85E, Q33K/E35D/D46V/L85Q, Y31S/E35D/M47L/T79L/E88G,H18L/V22A/E35D/M47L/N48T/L85Q, Q27H/E35D/M47L/L85Q/R94Q/E95K,Q33K/E35D/M47V/K89E/K93R, E35D/M47I/E77A/L85Q/R94W,A26E/E35D/M43I/M47L/L85Q/K86E/R94W, Q27H/Q33L/E35D/M47V/N55D/L85Q/K89N,H18Y/V20A/Q33L/E35D/M47V/Y53F, V22A/E35D/V68E/A71D,Q33L/E35D/M47L/A71G/F92S, V22A/R29H/E35D/D46E/M47I,Q33L/E35D/M431/L85Q/R94W, H18Y/E35D/V68M/L97Q,Q33L/E35D/M47L/V68M/L85Q/E88D, Q33L/E35D/M43V/M47I/A71G,E35D/M47L/A71G/L97Q, E35D/M47V/A71G/L85M/L97Q,H18Y/Y31H/E35D/M47V/A71G/L85Q, E35D/D46E/M47V/L97Q,E35D/D46V/M47I/A71G/F92V, E35D/M47V/T62A/A71G/V83A/Y87H/L97M,Q33L/E35D/N48K/L85Q/L97Q, E35D/L85Q/K93T/E95V/L97Q,E35D/M47V/N48K/V68M/K89N, Q33L/E35D/M47I/N48D/A71G,R29H/E35D/M43V/M47I/149V, Q27H/E35D/M471/L85Q/D90G, E35D/M471/L85Q/D90G,E35D/M47I/T62S/L85Q, A26E/E35D/M47L/A71G, E35D/M47I/Y87Q/K89E,V22A/E35D/M47I/Y87N, H18Y/A26E/E35D/M47L/L85Q/D90G, E35D/M47L/A71G/L85Q,E35D/M47V/A71G/E88D, E35D/A71G, E35D/M47V/A71G,130V/E35D/M47V/A71G/A91V, I30V/Y31C/E35D/M47V/A71G/L85M,V22D/E35D/M47L/L85Q, H18Y/E35D/N48K, E35D/T41S/M47V/A71G/K89N,E35D/M47V/N48T/L85Q, E35D/D46E/M47V/A71D/D90G, E35D/D46E/M47V/A71D,E35D/T41S/M431/A71G/D90G, 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A91G/F92L/F108L/1118V/T120S,E88D/K89R/D90K/A91G/F92Y/K93R/N122S/N177S,K36G/K37Q/M38I/L40M/F59L/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/E99G/T130A/N149S,K36G/L40M,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/1127T/T130A/K169E,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/Il18V/T120S/1127T/T130A,H18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/1127T/T130A/K169E,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/T130A/K169E/M174T,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/N48D/F59L/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/1127T/T130A/H188D,H18R/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/K37E/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/T130A/K169E/H188D,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/1127T/T130A/E143G/K169E/M174V/H188D,R29D/130V/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/1127T/T130A/H188D,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/1127T/T130A/H188D,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/1127T/T130A/K169E,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/1127T/T130A,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/I127T/T130A/K169E/H188D,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/F108L/1118V/T120S/T130A/K169E/H188D,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/T130A/N149D/K169E/H188D,H18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/T130A/K169E/H188D,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/1127T/C128Y/T130A/H188D,H18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/E99D/T130A,H18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/T130A/K169E,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/I61N/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94F/V104A/1118V/T120S/I126V/T130A,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94F/1118V/T120S/T130A,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/T62S/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/T130A/K169E/T175A,H18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/1127T/T130A/L142S/H188D,Cl6S/H18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/T110A/II18V/H188D,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/A91G/I118V/T120S/1127T/T130A/H188,R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/D76G/A91G/S103L/I118V/T120S/1127T/T130A,Y53C/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/1127T/T130A/K169E,T62S/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/T130A/K169E,Y53C/L70Q/D90G/T130A/N149D/N152T/H188D,H18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/1118V/T120S/1127T/T130A/H188D,andH18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/T130A/N149S.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or an IgD (e.g. IgV) of wild-type CD80set forth in Table 8 or a vIgD thereof comprising any of themodifications (e.g. substitutions) listed in Table 8. Table 8 alsoprovides exemplary sequences by reference to SEQ ID NO for ARBMscontaining an ECD or IgV domain of CD80. As indicated, the exact locusor residues corresponding to a given domain can vary, such as dependingon the methods used to identify or classify the domain. Also, in somecases, adjacent N- and/or C-terminal amino acids of a given domain (e.g.IgV) also can be included in a sequence of an ARBM, such as to ensureproper folding of the domain when expressed. Thus, it is understood thatthe exemplification of the SEQ ID NOS in Table 8 is not to be construedas limiting. For example, the particular domain, such as the ECD or IgVdomain, can be several amino acids longer or shorter, such as 1-10, e.g.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 amino acids longer or shorter, than the sequenceof amino acids set forth in the respective SEQ ID NO.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a wild-type CD80 ECD setforth in SEQ ID NO: 28 or a variant CD80 ECD sequence set forth in anyone of SEQ ID NOS: 932-1004, 2656-2751. In some embodiments, the ARBM isor contains a sequence that exhibits at least 90% identity, at least 91%identity, at least 92% identity, at least 93% identity, at least 94%identity, at least 95% identity, such as at least 96% identity, 97%identity, 98% identity, or 99% identity to any one of SEQ ID NOS:932-1004, 2656-2751 and contains the amino acid modification(s), e.g.,substitution(s), not present in the wild-type or unmodified CD80 ECD,e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:28. In some embodiments, the ARBM is orcontains a specific binding fragment of any of the ECD sequences setforth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 932-1004, 2656-2751) and contains theamino acid modification(s), e.g., substitution(s), not present in thewild-type or unmodified CD80, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:28.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a wild-type CD80 IgV setforth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1005, 1079, 2615, 2654, or 3580 or avariant IgV sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1006-1078,1080-1152, 2752-2943. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains asequence that exhibits at least 90% identity, at least 91% identity, atleast 92% identity, at least 93% identity, at least 94% identity, atleast 95% identity, such as at least 96% identity, 97% identity, 98%identity, or 99% identity to any of the IgV sequences set forth in anyone of SEQ ID NOS: 1006-1078, 1080-1152, 2752-2943 and contains theamino acid modification(s), e.g., substitution(s), not present in thewild-type or unmodified CD80, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO: 1005, 2615,2654, or 3580. In some embodiments, ARBM is or contains a specificbinding fragment of any of the IgV set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS:77-149, 151-223, 2105-2296) and that contains the amino acidmodification(s), e.g., substitution(s), not present in the wild-type orunmodified CD80, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO: 1005, 2615 or 2654, or3580.

TABLE 8 Exemplary CD80 ARBMs containing an IgD or vIgD ECD SEQ IgV SEQID Mutation(s) ID NO NO Wild-type 28 1005, 2615, 2654, 3580 L70P 9321006, 1080 I30F/L70P 933 1007, 1081 Q27H/T41S/A71D 934 1008, 1082I30T/L70R 935 1009, 1083 T13R/C16R/L70Q/A71D 936 1010, 1084 T57I 9371011, 1085 M43I/C82R 938 1012, 1086 V22L/M38V/M47T/A71D/L85M 939 1013,1087 I30V/T57I/L70P/A71D/A91T 940 1014, 1088 V22I/L70M/A71D 941 1015,1089 N55D/L70P/E77G 942 1016, 1090 T57A/I69T 943 1017, 1091 N55D/K86M944 1018, 1092 L72P/T79I 945 1019, 1093 L70P/F92S 946 1020, 1094 T79P947 1021, 1095 E35D/M47I/L65P/D90N 948 1022, 1096 L25S/E35D/M47I/D90N949 1023, 1097 A71D 951 1025, 1099 E81K/A91S 953 1027, 1101A12V/M47V/L70M 954 1028, 1102 K34E/T41A/L72V 955 1029, 1103T41S/A71D/V84A 956 1030, 1104 E35D/A71D 957 1031, 1105 E35D/M47I 9581032, 1106 K36R/G78A 959 1033, 1107 Q33E/T41A 960 1034, 1108 M47V/N48H961 1035, 1109 M47L/V68A 962 1036, 1110 S44P/A71D 963 1037, 1111Q27H/M43I/A71D/R73S 964 1038, 1112 E35D/T57I/L70Q/A71D 966 1040, 1114M47I/E88D 967 1041, 1115 M42I/I61V/A71D 968 1042, 1116 P51A/A71D 9691043, 1117 H18Y/M47I/T57I/A71G 970 1044, I118 V20I/M47V/T57I/V84I 9711045, 1119 V20I/M47V/A71D 972 1046, 1120 A71D/L72V/E95K 973 1047, 1121V22L/E35G/A71D/L72P 974 1048, 1122 E35D/A71D 975 1049, 1123E35D/I67L/A71D 976 1050, 1124 Q27H/E35G/A71D/L72P/T79I 977 1051, 1125T13R/M42V/M47I/A71D 978 1052, 1126 E35D 979 1053, 1127 E35D/M47I/L70M980 1054, 1128 E35D/A71D/L72V 981 1055, 1129 E35D/M43L/L70M 982 1056,1130 A26P/E35D/M43I/L85Q/E88D 983 1057, 1131 E35D/D46V/L85Q 984 1058,1132 Q27L/E35D/M47I/T57I/L70Q/E88D 985 1059, 1133 M47V/I69F/A71D/V831986 1060, 1134 E35D/T57A/A71D/L85Q 987 1061, 1135H18Y/A26T/E35D/A71D/L85Q 988 1062, 1136 E35D/M47L 989 1063, 1137E23D/M42V/M43I/I58V/L70R 990 1064, 1138 V68M/L70M/A71D/E95K 991 1065,1139 N55I/T57I/I69F 992 1066, 1140 E35D/M43I/A71D 993 1067, 1141T41S/T57I/L70R 994 1068, 1142 H18Y/A71D/L72P/E88V 995 1069, 1143V20I/A71D 996 1070, 1144 E23G/A26S/E35D/T62N/A71D/L72V/L85M 997 1071,1145 A12T/E24D/E35D/D46V/I61V/L72P/E95V 998 1072, 1146V22L/E35D/M43L/A71G/D76H 999 1073, 1147 E35G/K54E/A71D/L72P 1000 1074,1148 L70Q/A71D 1001 1075, 1149 A26E/E35D/M47L/L85Q 1002 1076, 1150D46E/A71D 1003 1077, 1151 Y31H/E35D/T41S/V68L/K93R/R94W 1004 1078, 1152A26E/Q33R/E35D/M47L/L85Q/K86E 2656 2752, 2848 A26E/Q33R/E35D/M47L/L85Q2657 2753, 2849 E35D/M47L/L85Q 2658 2754, 2850 A26E/Q33L/E35D/M47L/L85Q2659 2755, 2851 A26E/Q33L/E35D/M47L 2660 2756, 2852H18Y/A26E/Q33L/E35D/M47L/L85Q 2661 2757, 2853 Q33L/E35D/M47I 2662 2758,2854 H18Y/Q33L/E35D/M47I 2663 2759, 2855 Q33L/E35D/D46E/M47I 2664 2760,2856 Q33R/E35D/D46E/M47I 2665 2761, 2857 H18Y/E35D/M47L 2666 2762, 2858Q33L/E35D/M47V 2667 2763, 2859 Q33L/E35D/M47V/T79A 2668 2764, 2860Q33L/E35D/T41S/M47V 2669 2765, 2861 Q33L/E35D/M47I/L85Q 2670 2766, 2862Q33L/E35D/M47I/T62N/L85Q 2671 2767, 2863 Q33L/E35D/M47V/L85Q 2672 2768,2864 A26E/E35D/M43T/M47L/L85Q/R94Q 2673 2769, 2865Q33R/E35D/K37E/M47V/L85Q 2674 2770, 2866 V22A/E23D/Q33L/E35D/M47V 26752771, 2867 E24D/Q33L/E35D/M47V/K54R/L85Q 2676 2772, 2868S15P/Q33L/E35D/M47L/L85Q 2677 2773, 2869 E7D/E35D/M47I/L97Q 2678 2774,2870 Q33L/E35D/T41S/M43I 2679 2775, 2871 E35D/M47I/K54R/L85E 2680 2776,2872 Q33K/E35D/D46V/L85Q 2681 2777, 2873 Y31S/E35D/M47L/T79L/E88G 26822778, 2874 H18L/V22A/E35D/M47L/N48T/L85Q 2683 2779, 2875Q27H/E35D/M47L/L85Q/R94Q/E95K 2684 2780, 2876 Q33K/E35D/M47V/K89E/K93R2685 2781, 2877 E35D/M47I/E77A/L85Q/R94W 2686 2782, 2878A26E/E35D/M43I/M47L/L85Q/K86E/R94W 2687 2783, 2879Q27H/Q33L/E35D/M47V/N55D/L85Q/K89N 2688 2784, 2880H18Y/V20A/Q33L/E35D/M47V/Y53F 2689 2785, 2881 V22A/E35D/V68E/A71D 26902786, 2882 Q33L/E35D/M47L/A71G/F92S 2691 2787, 2883V22A/R29H/E35D/D46E/M47I 2692 2788, 2884 Q33L/E35D/M43I/L85Q/R94W 26932789, 2885 H18Y/E35D/V68M/L97Q 2694 2790, 2886Q33L/E35D/M47L/V68M/L85Q/E88D 2695 2791, 2887 Q33L/E35D/M43V/M47I/A71G2696 2792, 2888 E35D/M47L/A71G/L97Q 2697 2793, 2889E35D/M47V/A71G/L85M/L97Q 2698 2794, 2890 H18Y/Y31H/E35D/M47V/A71G/L85Q2699 2795, 2891 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A91G/F92L/F108L/I118V/T120S3438 E88D/K89R/D90K/A91G/F92Y/K93R/N122S/N177S 3439K36G/K37Q/M38I/L40M/F59L/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/ 3440E99G/T130A/N149S K36G/L40M 3441 476, 477R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/ 3442F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130A/K169ER29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/K89N/ 3443A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130AH18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/ 3444A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130A/K169ER29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M381/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/ 3445F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/T130A/K169E/M174TR29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/N48D/F59L/E81V/L85R/ 3446K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130A/H188DH18R/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/K37E/M381/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/ 3447L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/T130A/K169E/H188DR29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/K89N/ 3448A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130A/E143G/K169E/M174V/ H188DR29D/I30V/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/ 3449A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130A/H188DR29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/ 3450F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130A/H188DR29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/K89N/ 3451A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130A/K169ER29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/K89N/A91T/ 3452F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130AR29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/ 3453K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130A/K169E/H188DR29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/ 3454F92P/K93V/R94L/F108L/I118V/T120S/T130A/K169E/H188DR29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/K89N/ 3455A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/T130A/N149D/K169E/H188DH18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/ 3456K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/T130A/K169E/H188DR29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/ 3457F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/C128Y/T130A/H188DH18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/ 3458A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/E99D/T130AH18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/E81V/L85R/ 3459K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/T130A/K169ER29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/I61N/E81V/L85R/K89N/ 3460A91T/F92P/K93V/R94F/V104A/I118V/T120S/I126V/T130AR29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/ 3461F92P/K93V/R94F/I118V/T120S/T130AR29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/T62S/E81V/L85R/K89N/ 3462A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/T130A/K169E/T175AH18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/ 3463A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130A/L142S/H188DC16S/H18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/ 3464K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/T110A/I18V/H188DR29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/A91G/I118V/T120S/I127T/ 3465T130A/H188DR29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/L70Q/D76G/A91G/S103L/ 3466I118V/T120S/I127T/T130AY53C/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130A/K169E 3467T62S/E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/T130A/K169E 3468Y53C/L70Q/D90G/T130A/N149D/N152T/H188D 3469H18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/ 3470A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/I118V/T120S/I127T/T130A/H188DH18L/R29D/Y31L/Q33H/K36G/M38I/T41A/M43R/M47T/E81V/L85R/K89N/ 3471A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/T130A/N149S

c. CD86 IgD or vIgD

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an ARBM that isor contains one or more IgD, such as a wild-type or unmodified IgD or avIgD, of CD86. In some embodiments, the ARBM is not the full lengthsequence of the CD86. In some aspects, the ARBM is a solublepolypeptide, is not membrane-expressed and/or lacks the transmembraneand/or cytoplasmic domain of CD86. In some embodiments, the ARBM onlycontains an extracellular domain (ECD) or a specific binding fragmentthereof containing a IgD or vIgD, such as only contains an IgV domain oran IgC domain or specific binding fragment thereof, or combinationsthereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains the ECD sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO:29 or a specific binding fragment thereof. In someembodiments, the ARBM is or contains an IgV sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 1195, or is a specific binding fragment thereof.

(SEQ ID NO: 29) APLKIQAYFNETADLPCQFANSQNQSLSELVVFWQDQENLVLNEVYLGKEKFDSVHSKYMGRTSFDSDSWTLRLHNLQIKDKGLYQCIIHHKKPTGMIRIHQMNSELSVLANFSQPEIVPISNITENVYINLTCSSIHGYPEPKKMSVLLRTKNSTIEYDGVMQKSQDNVTELYDVSISLSVSFPDVTSNMTIFCILETDKTRLLSSPFSIELEDP QPPPDHIP (SEQ ID NO: 1195)APLKIQAYFNETADLPCQFANSQNQSLSELVVFWQDQENLVLNEVYLGKEKFDSVHSKYMGRTSFDSDSWTLRLHNLQIKDKGLYQCIIHHKKPTGMIRIHQMNSELS

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains an ARBM thatis or contains a vIgD containing one or more amino acid modifications,e.g. substitutions, in an IgD of a wild-type or unmodified CD86. In someembodiments, modifications provided herein can be in an ARBM containingan unmodified IgD set forth in SEQ ID NO: 29 or 1195 or in a sequencethat has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 29 or 1195. Insome embodiments, an ARBM containing a vIgD of CD86 has at least about85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or99% sequence identity with the sequence set forth in any of SEQ ID NO:29 or 1195.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that is anaffinity-modified IgSF domain that has an increased binding activity,such as binding affinity, for CD28 relative to the binding activity ofthe wild-type or unmodified IgD for CD28. In some embodiments, theincrease in binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, for CD28 isincreased at least about 5%, such as at least about 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%,35%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200% or more. In some embodiments, the increase inbinding activity, e.g. binding affinity, is more than 1.2-fold,1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold, 7-fold, 8-fold,9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold 40-fold, or 50-fold. In such examples,the wild-type or unmodified IgD has the same sequence as the vIgD exceptthat it does not contain the one or more amino acid modifications (e.g.substitutions).

In some embodiments, the equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(d)) ofthe ARBM to CD28 can be less than 1×10⁻⁵M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M, 1×10⁻⁸ M,1×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less. In someembodiments, the ARBM binds to CD28 with a K_(d) of from or from about100 pm to 5000 pm, 100 pm to 2000 pm, 100 pm to 1500 pm, 100 pm to 1000pm, 100 pm to 800 pm, 100 pm to 500 pm, 100 pm to 400 pm, 400 pm to 4000pm, 400 pm to 2000 pm, 400 pm to 1500 pm, 400 pm to 1000 pm, 400 pm to800 pm, 400 pm to 500 pm, 500 pm to 5000 pm, 500 pm to 2000 pm, 500 pmto 1500 pm, 500 pm to 1000 pm, 500 pm to 800 pm, 800 pm to 5000 pm, 800pm to 2000 pm, 800 pm to 1500 pm, 800 pm to 1000 pm, 1000 pm to 5000 pm,1000 pm to 2000 pm, 1000 pm to 1500 pm, 1500 pm to 5000 pm, 1500 to 2000pm to 2000 pm to 50000 pm. In some embodiments, the ABRM binds to CD28with a K_(d) of less than 200 pM, 300 pM, 400 pM, 500 pM. In someembodiments, the ABRM binds to CD28 with a K_(d) of greater than orgreater than about 500 pm but less than or less than about 2000 pm, suchas from or from about 500 pm to 1500 pm, 500 pm to 1250 pm, 500 pm to1000 pm, 500 pm to 750 pm, 750 pm to 1500 pm, 750 pm to 1250 pm, 750 pmto 1000 pm, 1000 pm to 2000 pm, 1000 pm to 1500 pm or 1500 pm to 2000pm.

Unless stated otherwise, the amino acid modification(s) present in avIgD of a CD86 ECD or an IgD (e.g. IgV) thereof are designated by aminoacid position number corresponding to the numbering of positions of theunmodified ECD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:29 or, where applicable,the unmodified IgV sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1195. It is withinthe level of a skilled artisan to identify the corresponding position ofa modification, e.g. amino acid substitution, in an ECD or a portionthereof containing an IgSF domain (e.g. IgV) thereof, such as byalignment of a reference sequence with SEQ ID NOs: 29 or 1195. In thelisting of modifications throughout this disclosure, the amino acidposition is indicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid listed before the number and the identifiedvariant amino acid substitution listed after the number. If themodification is a deletion of the position a “del” is indicated and ifthe modification is an insertion at the position an “ins” is indicated.In some cases, an insertion is listed with the amino acid positionindicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified (e.g.wild-type) amino acid listed before and after the number and theidentified variant amino acid insertion listed after the unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid.

In some embodiments, the ARBM contains a vIgD that has up to 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions. The one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, can be in the ectodomain(extracellular domain) of the wild-type or unmodified CD86. In someembodiments, the one or more amino acid modifications, e.g.substitutions, are in the ECD domain of CD86 or a specific bindingfragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgV domain of CD86 or aspecific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or moreamino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in an IgC domain ofCD80 or a specific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, theone or more amino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgVdomain of CD86 or a specific binding fragment thereof and in an IgCdomain or domains of CD86 or a specific binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that has one or moreamino acid modifications (e.g., substitutions) in an unmodified IgD ofCD86 or specific binding fragment thereof corresponding to position(s)35, 90, and/or 102 with reference to numbering of SEQ ID NO: 29 or 1195.In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD of CD86 that one ormore amino acid modifications (e.g., substitutions) from among Q35H,H90L, and/or Q102H or a conservative amino acid substitution thereof. Insome embodiments, the one or more amino acid modification(s), e.g.substitution(s), is Q35H/H90L/Q102H.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains an IgD (e.g. IgV) ofwild-type CD86 set forth in Table 9 or a vIgD thereof comprising any ofthe modifications (e.g. substitutions) listed in Table 9. Table 9 alsoprovides exemplary sequences by reference to SEQ ID NO for ARBMscontaining an ECD or IgV domain of CD86. As indicated, the exact locusor residues corresponding to a given domain can vary, such as dependingon the methods used to identify or classify the domain. Also, in somecases, adjacent N- and/or C-terminal amino acids of a given domain (e.g.IgV) also can be included in a sequence of an ARBM, such as to ensureproper folding of the domain when expressed. Thus, it is understood thatthe exemplification of the SEQ ID NOS in Table 9 is not to be construedas limiting. For example, the particular domain, such as the ECD or IgVdomain, can be several amino acids longer or shorter, such as 1-10, e.g.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 amino acids longer or shorter, than the sequenceof amino acids set forth in the respective SEQ ID NO.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a wild-type CD86 ECD setforth in SEQ ID NO: 29 or a variant CD86 ECD set forth in any one of SEQID NOS: 1191-1194. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains asequence that exhibits at least 90% identity, at least 91% identity, atleast 92% identity, at least 93% identity, at least 94% identity, atleast 95% identity, such as at least 96% identity, 97% identity, 98%identity, or 99% identity to any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1191-1194 andcontains the amino acid modification(s), e.g., substitution(s), notpresent in the wild-type or unmodified CD86, e.g. not present in SEQ IDNO:29. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a specific bindingfragment of any of the ECD sequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS:1191-1194 and that contains the amino acid modification(s), e.g.,substitution(s), not present in the wild-type or unmodified CD86, e.g.not present in SEQ ID NO:29.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a wild-type CD86 IgV setforth in SEQ ID NO: 1195 or a variant IgV sequence set forth in any oneof SEQ ID NOS: 1196-1199. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains asequence that exhibits at least 90% identity, at least 91% identity, atleast 92% identity, at least 93% identity, at least 94% identity, atleast 95% identity, such as at least 96% identity, 97% identity, 98%identity, or 99% identity to any of the IgV sequences set forth in anyone of SEQ ID NOS: 1196-1199 and contains the amino acidmodification(s), e.g., substitution(s), not present in the wild-type orunmodified CD86, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:1195. In someembodiments, the ARBM is or contains a specific binding fragment of anyof the IgV sequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1196-1199 andthat contains the amino acid modification(s), e.g., substitution(s), notpresent in the wild-type or unmodified CD86, e.g. not present in thesequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1195.

TABLE 9 Exemplary CD86 ARBMs containing an IgD or vIgD IgV ECD SEQ SEQID Mutation(s) ID NO NO Wild-type 29 1195 Q35H/H90L/Q102H 1191 1196 Q35H1192 1197 H90L 1193 1198 Q102H 1194 1199

2. CD2 Binding Molecules

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an ARBM that isor contains a binding molecule that binds to CD2, such as to human CD2.In some embodiments, the ARBM of the immunomodulatory protein binds tothe ectodomain of CD2. In some embodiments, the ARBM binds to CD2 on thesurface of a cell, such as on the surface of a T cell.

In some embodiments, the provided immunomodulatory protein contains anARBM that is or contains an antibody that binds CD2 or is anantigen-binding antibody fragment thereof (e.g. Fab or scFv). In someembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment binds to CD2, suchas to human CD2. In some embodiments, the antibody is a single chainvariable fragment (e.g. scFv) containing a VH and VL of an anti-CD2antibody or antigen-binding fragment.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains one or more IgD(s) or aspecific binding fragment thereof, such as an unmodified or wild-typeIgD or a vIgD or a specific binding fragment thereof, of an IgSF familymember that bind CD2. In some embodiments, the CD2 is human CD2.Exemplary IgSF family members that bind to CD2 include LFA-3 (CD58) andCD48.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains one or more IgD that is anIgD, or a vIgD thereof, of an LFA-3 polypeptide, such as a wild-typeLFA-3, e.g. a human LFA-3. In some embodiments, the ARBM is not the fulllength sequence of the LFA-3. In some aspects, the ARBM is a solublepolypeptide, is not membrane-expressed and/or lacks the transmembraneand/or cytoplasmic domain of LFA-3. In some embodiments, the ARBM onlycontains an extracellular domain (ECD) or a specific binding fragmentthereof containing a IgD or vIgD, such as only contains an IgV domain oran IgC domain or specific binding fragment thereof, or combinationsthereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains the ECD sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO:3239 or is a specific binding fragment thereof. In someembodiments, the ARBM is or contains an IgD (e.g. IgV or IgC) sequenceof LFA-3, such as human LFA-3. In some embodiments, the ARBM is orcontains an IgD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2946, or is a specificbinding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or containsan IgD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3650, or is a specific bindingfragment thereof.

(SEQ ID NO: 3239) FSQQIYGVVYGNVTFHVPSNVPLKEVLWKKQKDKVAELENSEFRAFSSFKNRVYLDTVSGSLTIYNLTSSDEDEYEMESPNITDTMKFFLYVLESLPSPTLTCALTNGSIEVQCMIPEHYNSHRGLIMYSWDCPMEQCKRNSTSIYFKMENDLPQKIQCTLSNPLFNTTSSIILTTCIPS SGHSRHR (SEQ ID NO: 2946)SQQIYGVVYGNVTFHVPSNVPLKEVLWKKQKDKVAELENSEFRAFSSFKNRVYLDTVSGSLTIYNLTSSDED EYEMESPNITDTMKFFLYVL(SEQ ID NO: 3650) SQQIYGVVYGNVTFHVPSNVPLKEVLWKKQKDKVAELENSEFRAFSSFKNRVYLDTVSGSLTIYNLTSSDED EYEMESPNITDTMKFFLYVLES

In some aspects, the ARBM contains one or more IgD that is an vIgDcontaining one or more amino acid modifications (e.g., substitutions,deletions or additions) compared to an IgD of a wild-type or unmodifiedLFA-3, which, in some aspects, result in increased binding of the ARBMto CD2. In some embodiments, modifications provided herein can be in anARBM containing an unmodified IgD set forth in SEQ ID NO:3239 or 2946 or3650 or in a sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ IDNO: 3239 or 2946 or 3650. In some embodiments, an ARBM containing a vIgDof LFA-3 has at least about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%,94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity with the sequence setforth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 3239 or 2946 or 3650.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains one or more IgD that is anIgD, or a vIgD thereof, of a CD48 polypeptide, such as a wild-type CD48,e.g. a human CD48. In some embodiments, the ARBM is not the full lengthsequence of the CD48. In some aspects, the ARBM is a solublepolypeptide, is not membrane-expressed and/or lacks the GPI anchor or ismutated in the GPI anchoring moiety (e.g. residue S220) of CD48, e.g.set forth in SEQ ID NO:3493. In some embodiments, the ARBM only containsan IgD or vIgD, or a specific binding fragment thereof, such as onlycontains an IgC domain or specific binding fragment thereof, orcombinations thereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains the sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO:3493 or is a specific binding fragment thereof. In someembodiments, the ARBM is or contains an IgD (e.g. IgC) sequence of CD48,such as human CD48. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contain an IgD(e.g. IgC) sequence set forth as amino acid residues 29-127 of SEQ IDNO:3493, or is a specific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments,the ARBM is or contain an IgD (e.g. IgC) sequence set forth as aminoacid residues 132-212 of SEQ ID NO:3493, or is a specific bindingfragment thereof.

(SEQ ID NO: 3493) QGHLVHMTVVSGSNVTLNISESLPENYKQLTWFYTFDQKIVEWDSRKSKYFESKFKGRVRLDPQSGALYISKVQKEDNSTYIMRVLKKTGNEQEWKIKLQVLDPVPKPVIKIEKIEDMDDNCYLKLSCVIPGESVNYTWYGDKRPFPKELQNSVLETTLMPHNYSRCYTCQVSNSVSSKN GTVCLSPPCTLARS

In some aspects, the ARBM contains one or more IgD that is an vIgDcontaining one or more amino acid modifications (e.g., substitutions,deletions or additions) compared to an IgD of a wild-type or unmodifiedCD48, which, in some aspects, result in increased binding of the ARBM toCD2. In some embodiments, modifications provided herein can be in anARBM containing the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3493 or in an IgCdomain or specific binding fragment thereof, or in a sequence that has85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3493 or in an IgC domain orspecific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, an ARBMcontaining a vIgD of CD48 has at least about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%,90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identitywith the sequence set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 3493 or in an IgCdomain or specific binding fragment thereof

3. CD3 Binding Molecules

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an ARBM that isor contains a binding molecule that binds to CD3, such as to human CD3.In some embodiments, the ARBM of the immunomodulatory protein binds tothe ectodomain of CD3. In some embodiments, the ARBM binds to CD3 on thesurface of a cell, such as on the surface of a T cell.

In some embodiments, the provided immunomodulatory polypeptides containan ARBM that is or contains an antibody that binds CD3 or is anantigen-binding fragment thereof (e.g. Fab or scFv). In someembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment binds to CD3, suchas to human CD3. In some embodiments, the antibody is a single chainvariable fragment (e.g. scFv) containing a VH and VL of an anti-CD3antibody or antigen-binding fragment. In some aspects, the anti-CD3antibody is OKT3 or a fragment thereof, or is an antigen bindingfragment containing a VH chain region and/or VL chain region of OKT3. Insome embodiments, the anti-CD3 antibody has the sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO:2522 or has at least about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%,92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity with theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2522.

4. CD4 Binding Molecules

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an ARBM that isor contains a binding molecule that binds to CD4, such as to human CD4.In some embodiments, the ARBM of the immunomodulatory protein binds tothe ectodomain of CD4. In some embodiments, the ARBM binds to CD4 on thesurface of a cell, such as on the surface of a T cell.

In some embodiments, the provided immunomodulatory protein contains anARBM that is or contains an antibody that binds CD4 or is anantigen-binding antibody fragment thereof (e.g. Fab or scFv). In someembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment binds to CD4, suchas to human CD4. In some embodiments, the antibody is a single chainvariable fragment (e.g. scFv) containing a VH and VL of an anti-CD4antibody or antigen-binding fragment.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains interleukin-16 (IL-16;Uniprot accession number Q14005) or a portion thereof that binds to CD4.In some embodiments, the IL-16 or portion thereof is mammalian, such asis human. In some embodiments, the IL-16 polypeptide is a mature IL-16polypeptide and/or has a sequence of a processed pro-IL-16. In someaspects, the ARBM is or contains residues 1212-1332 of a wild-type orunmodified pro-IL-16, e.g. human pro-IL-16. In some embodiments, theARBM is or contains the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2521 or has atleast about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity with the sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 2521.

5. Ligands of Activating Receptor

a. Ligand of CD80 or CD86, e.g. CTLA-4 IgD or vIgD

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an ARBM that isor contains a ligand an activating receptor. In some aspects, theactivating receptor is CD28, e.g. human CD28, and/or the ligand of theactivating receptor is CD80 or CD86, e.g. human CD80 or human CD86. Insome embodiments, the ARBM of the immunomodulatory protein binds to theectodomain of CD80 or CD86. In some embodiments, the ARBM binds to CD80or CD86 on the surface of a cell, such as on the surface of an APC.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is an antibody that binds CD80 or CD86 oris an antigen-binding antibody fragment thereof (e.g. Fab or scFv). Insome embodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragmentbinds human CD80 or human CD86. In some embodiments, the antibody is asingle chain variable fragment (e.g. scFv) containing a VH and VL of ananti-CD80 antibody or antigen-binding fragment or an anti-CD86 antibodyor antigen-binding fragment.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains an IgD (e.g. IgV) or aspecific binding fragment thereof, such as an unmodified or wild-typeIgD or a vIgD or a specific binding fragment thereof, of an IgSF familymember that binds CD80 or CD86, such as human CD80 or human CD86. Insome embodiments, the ARBM is or contains one or more IgD that is anIgD, or a vIgD thereof, of a CTLA-4 polypeptide, such as a wild-typeCTLA-4, e.g. a human CTLA-4. In some aspects, the ARBM contains one ormore IgD (e.g. IgV) that is an vIgD containing one or more amino acidmodifications (e.g., substitutions, deletions or additions) compared toan IgD of a wild-type or unmodified CTLA-4, which, in some aspects,result in increased binding of the ARBM to CD80 or CD86. Exemplary IgDsor vIgDs of CTLA-4 binding partners for inclusion as an ARBM in theprovided immunomodulatory proteins are described. In some embodiments,the ARBM is or contains a vIgD polypeptide that exhibit increasedbinding activity, such as binding affinity, for CD80 or CD86 compared toa corresponding wild-type or unmodified IgD.

CTLA-4 has been exploited as a therapeutic drug for treating autoimmunedisease by attenuating T cell activation through modulation of CD80and/or CD86 interactions. Specifically, Abatacept and Belatacept are FDAapproved therapeutics for use in rheumatoid arthritis and transplantsetting, respectively. Abatacept is wild-type CTLA-4 IgSF domain fusedto an Fc portion of an antibody. Belatacept is a modified variant ofCTLA-4 IgSF domain, containing a substitution of tyrosine for thealanine at position 31 and a glutamic acid for the leucine at position106 (A31Y/L106E), corresponding to positions 31 and 106 of the wild-typereference CTLA-4 ECD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:36, to conferincreased affinity toward CD80 and CD86 ligands (Kremer et al., N Engl JMed. 2003; 349(20):1907-1915; Larsen et al, Am J Transplant. 2005;5(3):443-453).

In some embodiments, the ARBM is not the full length sequence of theCTLA-4. In some aspects, the ARBM is a soluble polypeptide, is notmembrane-expressed and/or lacks the transmembrane and/or cytoplasmicdomain of CTLA-4. In some embodiments, the ARBM only contains anextracellular domain (ECD) or a specific binding fragment thereofcontaining a IgD or vIgD, such as only contains an IgV domain or an IgCdomain or specific binding fragment thereof, or combinations thereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains the ECD sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO:36 or 2655 or is a specific binding fragment thereof. Insome embodiments, the ARBM is or contains an IgD (e.g. IgV) sequence ofCTLA-4, such as human CTLA-4. In some embodiments, the ARBM is orcontain an IgD (e.g. IgV) sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2947, or is aspecific binding fragment thereof.

(SEQ ID NO: 36) KAMHVAQPAVVLASSRGIASFVCEYASPGKATEVRVTVLRQADSQVTEVCAATYMMGNELTFLDDSICTGTSSGNQVNLTIQGLRAMDTGLYICKVELMYPPPYYLGI GNGTQIYVIDPEPCPDSD(SEQ ID NO: 2655) KAMHVAQPAVVLASSRGIASFVCEYASPGKATEVRVTVLRQADSQVTEVCAATYMMGNELTFLDDSICTGTSSGNQVNLTIQGLRAMDTGLYICKVELMYPPPYYLGI GNGTQIYVIDPEPCPDSDQ(SEQ ID NO: 2947) HVAQPAVVLASSRGIASFVCEYASPGKATEVRVTVLRQADSQVTEVCAATYMMGNELTFLDDSICTGTSSGN QVNLTIQGLRAMDTGLYICKVELMYPPPYY

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains an ARBM thatis or contains a vIgD containing one or more amino acid modifications,e.g. substitutions, in an IgD of a wild-type or unmodified CTLA-4. Insome embodiments, modifications provided herein can be in an ARBMcontaining an unmodified IgD set forth in SEQ ID NO: 36, 2655 or 2947 orin a sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 36, 2655or 2947. In some embodiments, an ARBM containing a vIgD of CTLA-4 has atleast about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity with the sequence set forth in any ofSEQ ID NOs: 36, 2655 or 2947.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that is anaffinity-modified IgSF domain that has an increased binding activity,such as binding affinity, for CD80 or CD86 relative to the bindingactivity of the wild-type or unmodified IgD for CD80 or CD86. In someembodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g. binding affinity,for CD80 or CD86 is increased at least about 5%, such as at least about10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 35%, 50%, 75%, 100%, 200% or more. In someembodiments, the increase in binding activity, e.g. binding affinity, ismore than 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold,7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 30-fold 40-fold, or 50-fold.In such examples, the wild-type or unmodified IgD has the same sequenceas the vIgD except that it does not contain the one or more amino acidmodifications (e.g. substitutions).

In some embodiments, the equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(d)) ofthe ARBM to CD80 or CD86 can be less than 1×10⁻⁵M, 1×10⁻⁶ M, 1×10⁻⁷ M,1×10⁻⁸ M, 1×10⁻⁹ M, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or 1×10⁻¹¹M, or 1×10⁻¹² M or less. In someembodiments, the ARBM binds to CD80 or CD86 with a K_(d) of from or fromabout 100 pm to 5000 pm, 100 pm to 2000 pm, 100 pm to 1500 pm, 100 pm to1000 pm, 100 pm to 800 pm, 100 pm to 500 pm, 100 pm to 400 pm, 400 pm to4000 pm, 400 pm to 2000 pm, 400 pm to 1500 pm, 400 pm to 1000 pm, 400 pmto 800 pm, 400 pm to 500 pm, 500 pm to 5000 pm, 500 pm to 2000 pm, 500pm to 1500 pm, 500 pm to 1000 pm, 500 pm to 800 pm, 800 pm to 5000 pm,800 pm to 2000 pm, 800 pm to 1500 pm, 800 pm to 1000 pm, 1000 pm to 5000pm, 1000 pm to 2000 pm, 1000 pm to 1500 pm, 1500 pm to 5000 pm, 1500 to2000 pm to 2000 pm to 50000 pm. In some embodiments, the ABRM binds toCD80 or CD86 with a K_(d) of less than 200 pM, 300 pM, 400 pM, 500 pM.In some embodiments, the ABRM binds to CD80 or CD86 with a K_(d) ofgreater than or greater than about 500 pm but less than or less thanabout 2000 pm, such as from or from about 500 pm to 1500 pm, 500 pm to1250 pm, 500 pm to 1000 pm, 500 pm to 750 pm, 750 pm to 1500 pm, 750 pmto 1250 pm, 750 pm to 1000 pm, 1000 pm to 2000 pm, 1000 pm to 1500 pm or1500 pm to 2000 pm.

Unless stated otherwise, the amino acid modification(s) present in avIgD of a CTLA-4 ECD or an IgD (e.g. IgV) thereof are designated byamino acid position number corresponding to the numbering of positionsof the unmodified ECD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:36 or 2655. It iswithin the level of a skilled artisan to identify the correspondingposition of a modification, e.g. amino acid substitution, in an ECD or aportion thereof containing an IgSF domain (e.g. IgV) thereof, such as byalignment of a reference sequence with SEQ ID NOs: 36 or 2655. In thelisting of modifications throughout this disclosure, the amino acidposition is indicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid listed before the number and the identifiedvariant amino acid substitution listed after the number. If themodification is a deletion of the position a “del” is indicated and ifthe modification is an insertion at the position an “ins” is indicated.In some cases, an insertion is listed with the amino acid positionindicated in the middle, with the corresponding unmodified (e.g.wild-type) amino acid listed before and after the number and theidentified variant amino acid insertion listed after the unmodified(e.g. wild-type) amino acid.

In some embodiments, the ARBM contains a vIgD that has up to 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions. The one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, can be in the ectodomain(extracellular domain) of the wild-type or unmodified CTLA-4. In someembodiments, the one or more amino acid modifications, e.g.substitutions, are in the ECD domain of CTLA-4 or a specific bindingfragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or more amino acidmodifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgV domain of CTLA-4 or aspecific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the one or moreamino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in an IgC domain ofCTLA-4 or a specific binding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, theone or more amino acid modifications, e.g. substitutions, are in the IgVdomain of CTLA-4 or a specific binding fragment thereof and in an IgCdomain or domains of CTLA-4 or a specific binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that has one or moreamino modification, e.g. substitutions, in an unmodified IgD of CTLA-4or specific binding fragment thereof corresponding to position(s) 6, 10,12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37,38, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65,67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 82, 85, 86, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98,99, 105, 106, 108, 110, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122,124, 125 and/or 126 with reference to positions set forth in SEQ IDNO:36.

In some embodiments, the ARBM contains a vIgD that has one or more aminoacid modification, e.g. substitutions, in an unmodified CTLA-4 orspecific binding fragment thereof corresponding to position(s) 12, 18,26, 29, 31, 53, 56, 58, 63, 72, 98, 99, 105, 106, and/or 117 withreference to positions set forth in SEQ ID NO:36 or 2655. In someembodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD of CTLA-4 that has one ormore amino acid modifications selected from L12F, L12H, L12P, I18A,I18F, I18N, I18T, I18V, A26D, A26S, A26T, G29R, G29W, A31Y, T53S, M56K,M56L, M56R, M56T, M56V, N58D, N58S, L63H, L63P, S72G, S72T, L98Q, L98R,M99I, M99L, Y105F, Y105L, L106E, L106I, L106R, I117E, I117L, I117M,and/or I117T, or a conservative amino acid substitution thereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD of CTLA-4 that hasone or more amino acid modifications selected from A6T, V10A, L12F,L12H, L12I, L12P, S14N, S15P, R16C, R16G, R16H, I18A, I18F, I18N, I18T,I18V, A19V, S20N, V22A, V22I, E24Q, A26D, A26S, A26T, S27P, P28L, G29R,G29W, K30R, A31Y, E33M, E33V, R35K, T37S, V38I, Q41L, A42S, A42T, A42V,D43N, Q45H, V46E, T47A, E48R, T53S, Y54F, M55R, M55T, M55V, M56K, M56L,M56R, M56T, M56V, N58D, N58S, E59D, E59G, T61A, T61I, T61N, T61R, T61S,L63H, L63P, D64E, D64N, D64V, D65G, I67N, I67T, I67V, T69A, T69I, T69S,T71A, T71I, S72G, S72T, S73R, N75D, Q76R, Q82H, Q82R, R85G, A86T, M87A,M87K, M87T, M87V, T89A, T89M, T89S, L91R, I93L, I93V, K95R, V96I, E97Q,L98Q, L98R, M99I, M99L, Y105F, Y105L, L106E, L106I, L106N, L106R, L106V,I108F, 1108V, N110K, N110S, N110Y, Q113H, Y115H, Y115N, V116A, I117E,I117K, I117L, I117M, I117T, P119H, E120D, P121S, C122P, D124P, D1241,S1251, S125P, D126P, and/or D126T, or a conservative amino acidsubstitution thereof. In some embodiments, the the ARBM is or contains avIgD that has one or more amino acid modification from L12F, L12H, L12I,L12P, I18A, I18F, I18N, I18T, I18V, A26D, A26S, A26T, G29R, G29W, E33M,E33V, T53S, M55R, M55T, M55V, M56K, M56L, M56R, M56T, M56V, N58D, N58S,L63H, L63P, S72G, S72T, M87A, M87K, M87T, M87V, L98Q, L98R, M99I, M99L,Y105F, Y105L, L106I, L106N, L106R, L106V, I117E, I117K, I117L, I117M,and/or I117T, or a conservative amino acid substitution thereof. In someembodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that has one or more aminoacid modifications selected from 112F, L12P, I18T, A26T, G29W, T53S,M55T, M56K, M56T, N58S, S72G, M99L, L63P, L98Q, Y105L, L106I, and/orI117L, or a conservative amino acid substitution thereof. In someembodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD has one or more amino acidmodifications selected from L12P, I18T, A26T, G29W, A31Y, T53S, M55T,M56K, N58S, S72G, M99L, L63P, L98Q, Y105L, L106E, L106I, and/or I117L,or a conservative amino acid substitution thereof. In some embodiments,the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that has one or more amino acidmodifications selected from A26T, G29W, L63P, S72G, L98Q, M99L, Y105Land/or L106I, or a conservative amino acid substitution thereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD that has two or moreamino acid modifications selected from among A6T, V10A, L12F, L12H,L12I, L12P, S14N, S15P, R16C, R16G, R16H, I18A, I18F, I18N, I18T, I18V,A19V, S20N, V22A, V22I, E24Q, A26D, A26S, A26T, S27P, P28L, G29R, G29W,K30R, A31Y, E33M, E33V, R35K, T37S, V38I, Q41L, A42S, A42T, A42V, D43N,Q45H, V46E, T47A, E48R, T53S, Y54F, M55R, M55T, M55V, M56K, M56L, M56R,M56T, M56V, N58D, N58S, E59D, E59G, T61A, T61I, T61N, T61R, T61S, L63H,L63P, D64E, D64N, D64V, D65G, 167N, I67T, 167V, T69A, T69I, T69S, T71A,T71I, S72G, S72T, S73R, N75D, Q76R, Q82H, Q82R, R85G, A86T, M87A, M87K,M87T, M87V, T89A, T89M, T89S, L91R, I93L, 193V, K95R, V96I, E97Q, L98Q,L98R, M99I, M99L, Y105F, Y105L, L106E, L106I, L106N, L106R, L106V,I108F, 1108V, N110K, N110S, N110Y, Q113H, Y115H, Y115N, V116A, I117E,I117K, I117L, I117M, I117T, P119H, E120D, P121S, C122P, D124P, D1241,S1251, S125P, D126P, and/or D126T.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contain a vIgD of CTLA-4 that has anamino acid substitution in an unmodified or wild-type CTLA-4 polypeptideor specific binding fragment thereof corresponding to A26T, G29W, T53S,L63P, S72G, L98Q, M99L, Y105L and/or L106I. In some embodiments, theARBM is or contains a vIgD of CTLA-4 that contains the amino acidsubstitutions A26T/G29W, A26T/T53S, A26T/L63P, A26T/S72G, A26T/L98Q,A26T/M99L, A26T/Y105L, A26T/L106I, A26T/G29W, G29W/T53S, G29W/L63P,G29W/S72G, G29W/L98Q, G29W/M99L, G29W/Y105L, G29W/L106I, A26T/T53S,G29W/T53S, T53S/L63P, T53S/S72G, T53S/L98Q, T53S/M99L, T53S/Y105L, orT53S/L106I, A26T/L63P, G29W/L63P, T53S/L63P, L63P/S72G, L63P/L98Q,L63P/M99L, L63P/Y105L, or L63P/L106I, A26T/S72G, G29W/S72G, T53S/S72G,L63P/S72G, S72G/L98Q, S72G/M99L, S72G/Y105L or S72G/L106I, A26T/L98Q,G29W/L98Q, T53S/L98Q, L63P/L98Q, S72G/L98Q, L98Q/M99L, L98Q/Y105L orL98Q/L106I, A26T/M99L, G29W/M99L, T53S/M99L, L63P/M99L, S72G/M99L,L98Q/M99L, M99L/Y105L, M99L/L106I, A26T/Y105L, G29W/Y105L, T53S/Y105L,L63P/Y105L, S72G/Y105L, L98Q/Y105L, M99L/Y105L, Y105L/L106I, A26T/L106I,G29W/L106I, T53S/L106IL63P/L106I, S72G/L106I, L98Q/L106I, M99L/L106I,Y105L/L106I. The variant CTLA-4 polypeptide can include further aminoacid modifications (e.g. substitutions), such as any described herein,in accord with provided embodiments.

In some embodiments, the amino acid modification(s), e.g.substitutions(s) are A31Y/L106E, A6T/A26T/M55T/M99L/Y105L,V10A/G29W/T53S/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/P121S,V10A/L63P/D64V/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, V10A/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,L12F/R16H/G29W/M56T/L98Q/Y105L, L12F/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106R,L12F/K30R/S72G/Q82R/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L12H/I18V/A42T/M55T/N58D/L98R/Y105L/L106I/P121S, L12H/E33M/L98Q/Y105L,L12H/M55T/E59D/L63P/M99L, L12H/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,L12I/M55T/M56V/I67T/M99L/L106R/I108F,L12P/R16H/A26T/T61S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/I117L,L12P/I18T/A26T/M55T/T69S/S72G/M99L/Y105L, L12P/A26T, L12P/A26T/L63P,L12P/A26T/L63P/S72G/T89M/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L12P/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, L12P/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I,L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I,L12P/G29W/D43N/N58S/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L12P/M56V/L63P/V96I/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/Y115H,L12P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L12P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106N,L12P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106N/I117L,S14N/R16C/I18T/M56K/T61A/L63P/A86T/M99L, S15P/118V/M56T/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,R16C/G29W/E33V/M55T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, I18A/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,I18F/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/P121S, Il8N/A26T/L63H/T89A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,I18N/L63P/S72T/M87T/L98Q/Y105L/N110S,I18T/A26S/M55T/M56V/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117K,I18T/A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, I18T/A26T/L63P/Q82R/L98Q/Y105L,I18T/G29R/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, I18T/G29W/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,I18T/E48R/L63P/T69S/L98Q/Y105L/N110Y,I18T/T61R/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,I18T/L63P/S72G/M87K/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, I18T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,I18T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I108V,I18V/A26T/L63P/D64E/L98Q/Y105L/L106R/N110K,I18V/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, A19V/G29W/R35K/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,S20N/A26T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, V22A/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/P119H,V22I/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/I117M, E24Q/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,A26D/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/A42V/Q45H/I67N/M87K/E97Q/M99L,A26T/V46E/L63P/D65G/L98Q, A26T/T47A/M56K/L63P/S72G/Q82R/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,A26T/T53S/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, A26T/T53S/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L,A26T/Y54F/M56K/M99L/Y105L, A26T/M55R/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,A26T/M55T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/M55T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,A26T/L63P/D65G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/L63P/M87V/N110K/I117E,A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L,A26T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/167N/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,S27P/M56K/L63P/S72G/S73R/T89A/M99L/Y105L/I117M,P28L/E33V/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,P28L/E33V/L63P/S72G/L98R/M99L/Y105L,G29W/T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L/I108V,G29W/T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L/P121S,G29W/T53S/M56K/T61N/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/T53S/M56K/L63P/Q82H/L98Q/M99I/Y105L,G29W/T53S/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/T53S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/M55V/E59G/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/M56T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L,G29W/N58D/167V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/N58S/L63P/D64N/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,G29W/N58S/L63P/T69I/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I,G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106V,G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/M87V/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/N58S/L63P/Q82R/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/N58S/L63P/M87T/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/N58S/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/E59G/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/T61I/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,G29W/L63P/D65G/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/L63P/167V/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I, G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L,G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I117L, G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/P121S,G29W/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/S72G/Q76R/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/Q113H,G29W/M87K/T89S/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I108V/I117L,G29W/M87K/I93V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,E33M/A42T/L98Q/Y105L, E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I108F, E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I117L,E33M/Q82H/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, E33V/A42S/M55T/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,T37S/M56V/L98Q/Y105L, V38I/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,Q41L/Y54F/M56K/M99L/I108F, T53S/M56V/L98Q/Y105L,M55T/L63P/T71I/M99L/Y105L, M55T/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,M55T/E97Q/M99L/Y105F, M56K/L63P/N75D/V96I/M99L/Y105L/L106I,M56L/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L, M56R/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,M56T/L91R/L98Q/Y105L,M56V/E59G/L63P/S72G/M87K/I93V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117E,T61A/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L63P/T69A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106R/V116A,L63P/S72G/M87A/L98Q/Y105L, L63P/S72G/I93L/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/I117L,L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L, L63P/S72G/Y105L,L63P/M87K/M99L/L106R, L63P/Q82H/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L63P/K95R, L63P/L98Q,L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I,L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I108V, L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117M, L63P/L98Q/Y105L,L63P/L98Q/V116A, L63P/L98R/N110K, L63P/M99L/Y105L/I108F,I67V/S72G/Q82H/T89A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, 872G/R85G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I,S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117T, L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/I117T, L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/Y115N, L98Q/Y105L,and L98R/N110K.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a vIgD of CTLA-4 thatadditionally includes the amino acid modifications C122S with referenceto positions set forth in SEQ ID NO:36 or 2655.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains an IgD (e.g. IgV) ofwild-type CTLA-4 set forth in Table 10 or a vIgD thereof comprising anyof the modifications (e.g. substitutions) listed in Table 10. Table 10also provides exemplary sequences by reference to SEQ ID NO for theextracellular domain (ECD) or IgV domain of CTLA-4. As indicated, theexact locus or residues corresponding to a given domain can vary, suchas depending on the methods used to identify or classify the domain.Also, in some cases, adjacent N- and/or C-terminal amino acids of agiven domain (e.g. IgV) also can be included in a sequence of an ARBM,such as to ensure proper folding of the domain when expressed. Thus, itis understood that the exemplification of the SEQ ID NOS in Table 10 isnot to be construed as limiting. For example, the particular domain,such as the IgV domain, of a variant CTLA-4 polypeptide can be severalamino acids longer or shorter, such as 1-10, e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7amino acids longer or shorter, than the sequence of amino acids setforth in the respective SEQ ID NO.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a wild-type CTLA-4 ECD setforth in SEQ ID NO: 36 or SEQ ID NO:2655 or a variant CTLA-4 ECD setforth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 2519, 2520, 2948-3041, 3043-3048,3050-3099, 3230, 3231, 3582-3614 or 3648. In some embodiments, the ARBMis or contains a sequence that exhibits at least 90% identity, at least91% identity, at least 92% identity, at least 93% identity, at least 94%identity, at least 95% identity, such as at least 96% identity, 97%identity, 98% identity, or 99% identity to any one of SEQ ID NOS: 2519,2520, 2948-3041, 3043-3048, 3050-3099, 3230, 3231, 3582-3614 or 3684 andcontains the amino acid modification(s), e.g. substitution(s) notpresent in the wild-type or unmodified CTLA-4, e.g. not present in SEQID NO:36 or 2655. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains aspecific binding fragment of any of the ECD sequences set forth in anyone of SEQ ID NOS: 2519, 2520, 2948-3041, 3043-3048, 3050-3099, 3230,3231, 3582-3614 or 3648 and that contains the amino acidmodification(s), e.g. substitution(s) not present in the wild-type orunmodified CTLA-4, e.g. not present in SEQ ID NO:36 or 2655.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains a wild-type CTLA-4 IgV setforth in SEQ ID NO: 2947 or a variant IgV sequence set forth in any oneof SEQ ID NOS: 3100-3229, 3232, 3615-3647 or 3649. In some embodiments,the ARBM is or contains a sequence that exhibits at least 90% identity,at least 91% identity, at least 92% identity, at least 93% identity, atleast 94% identity, at least 95% identity, such as at least 96%identity, 97% identity, 98% identity, or 99% identity to any of the IgVsequences set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 3100-3229, 3232, 3615-3647or 3649 and contains the amino acid modification(s), e.g.,substitution(s), not present in the wild-type or unmodified CTLA-4, e.g.not present in SEQ ID NO:2947. In some embodiments, the ARBM is aspecific binding fragment of any of the IgV sequences set forth in anyone of SEQ ID NOS: 3100-3229, 3232, 3615-3647 or 3649 and that containsthe amino acid modification(s), e.g. substitution(s) not present in thewild-type or unmodified CTLA-4, e.g. set forth in SEQ ID NO:2947.

TABLE 10 Exemplary variant CTLA-4 ARBMs containing an IgD or vIgD IgVECD SEQ SEQ ID Mutation(s) ID NO NO Wild-type  36, 2655 2947L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L 2948 3100 L63P/L98R/N110K 2949 3101 L12P/A26T2950 3102 L12P/A26T/L63P 2951 3103 L63P/L98Q/Y105L 2952 3104 L98Q/Y105L2953 3105 L63P 2954 3106 L98R/N110K 2955 3107L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2956 3108 E33M/Q82H/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 29573109 L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2958 3110S14N/R16C/I18T/M56K/T61A/L63P/A86T/M99L 2959 3111S27P/M56K/L63P/S72G/S73R/T89A/M99L/Y105L/I117M 2960 3112M56K/L63P/N75D/V96I/M99L/Y105L/L1061 2961 3113 L63P/S72G/Y105L 2962 3114L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117M 2963 3171L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L1061/I117L 2964 3110A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L1061/I117L 2965 3115 L63P/L98Q/V116A 29663149 G29W/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2967 3116 T37S/M56V/L98Q/Y105L 2968 3117A26T/Y54F/M56K/M99L/Y105L 2969 3118L12P/I18T/A26T/M55T/T69S/S72G/M99L/Y105L 2970 3119V22I/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/I117M 2971 3120 A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 29723121 E33M/A42T/L98Q/Y105L 2973 3122 M55T/E97Q/M99L/Y105F 2974 3123M55T/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2975 3124 R16C/G29W/E33V/M55T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L2976 3125 L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L1061 2977 3100M56L/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L1061/I117L 2978 3126S15P/I18V/M56T/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2979 3127 I18T/G29W/L63P/L98Q/Y105L 29803128 L63P/Q82H/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2981 3129 L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/I117T2982 3150 L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L1061/Y115N 2983 3150M55T/L63P/T711/M99L/Y105L 2984 3130 A26T/T53S/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L 29853131 I18T/A26T/L63P/Q82R/L98Q/Y105L 2986 3132 L12H/M55T/E59D/L63P/M99L2987 3133 I18T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I108V 2988 3134I18T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2989 3135 T61A/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L2990 3136 V381/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2991 3137L63P/S72G/I93L/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2992 3138L12I/M55T/M56V/I67T/M99L/L106R/I108F 2993 3139I18N/A26T/L63H/T89A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2994 3140I18T/E48R/L63P/T69S/L98Q/Y105L/N110Y 2995 3141I18N/L63P/S72T/M87T/L98Q/Y105L/N110S 2996 3142G29W/M56T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L1061/I117L 2997 3143G29W/N58S/L63P/M87T/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2998 3144G29W/N58S/L63P/D64N/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2999 3145I18T/L63P/S72G/M87K/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3000 3146 M56V 3001 3147 L63P/K95R3002 3148 L63P/L98Q 3003 3149 L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3004 3150L63P/M87K/M99L/L106R 3005 3151 L63P/M99L/Y105L/I108F 3006 3152V10A/L63P/L98Q/Y105L 3007 3153 M56T/L91R/L98Q/Y105L 3008 3154A26T/L63P/M87V/N110K/I117E 3009 3155 G29W/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3010 3156A26T/V46E/L63P/D65G/L98Q 3011 3157 G29W/N58S/L63P/L98Q/Y105L 3012 3158G29W/E59G/L63P/L98Q/Y105L 3013 3159 LI2H/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 3014 3160A6T/A26T/M55T/M99L/Y105L 3015 3161 A26T/L63P/D65G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 30163162 V10A/L63P/D64V/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3017 3163LI2P/G29W/D43N/N58S/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3018 3164I18V/A26T/L63P/D64E/L98Q/Y105L/L106R/N110K 3019 3165A19V/G29W/R35K/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3020 3166L12P/A26T/L63P/S72G/T89M/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3021 3167P28L/E33V/L63P/S72G/L98R/M99L/Y105L 3022 3168E24Q/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3023 3169I18T/G29R/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3024 3170 L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 30253171 Q41L/Y54F/M56K/M99L/I108F 3026 3172 S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117T 30273173 M56R/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3028 3174 E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 30293175 L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L1061 3030 3171 A26T/M55R/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 30313176 L63P/S72G/M87A/L98Q/Y105L 3032 3177 A26D/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 30333178 V22A/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/P119H 3034 3179A26T/M55T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3035 3180 E33V/A42S/M55T/L98Q/M99L/Y105L3036 3181 G29W/N58S/L63P/Q82R/L98Q/Y105L 3037 3182E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I117L 3038 3175 A26T/I67N/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L3039 3183 L12F/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106R 3040 3184S20N/A26T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3041 3185G29W/T611/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3043 3186G29W/N58S/L63P/T69I/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3044 3187L12P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106N 3045 3188L63P/T69A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106R/V116A 3046 3189G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 3047 3190 G29W/L63P/D65G/S72G/L98Q/Y105L3048 3191 T53S/M56V/L98Q/Y105L 3050 3193 L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 3051 3194I18A/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 3052 3195 G29W/T53S/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L 30533196 I18V/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 3054 3197G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I 3055 3198 G29W/L63P/I67V/S72G/L98Q/Y105L3056 3199 G29W/M55V/E59G/L63P/L98Q/Y105L 3057 3200G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I117L 3058 3198L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L 3059 3194L12F/R16H/G29W/M56T/L98Q/Y105L 3060 3201 LI2P/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L3061 3202 L12P/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L1061 3062 3202G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L1061/I117L 3063 3198G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I 3064 3191A26T/T53S/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L1061/I117L 3065 3203G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/M87V/L98Q/Y105L 3066 3204G29W/S72G/Q76R/L98Q/Y105L/L1061/Q113H 3067 3205G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106V 3068 3191 A26T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L3069 3206 G29W/N58D/I67V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3070 3207I67V/S72G/Q82H/T89A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3071 3208S72G/R85G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I 3072 3209A26T/T47A/M56K/L63P/S72G/Q82R/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3073 3210A26T/M55T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3074 3211L12H/I18V/A42T/M55T/N58D/L98R/Y105L/L1061/P121S 3075 3212I18T/A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 3076 3213L12F/K30R/S72G/Q82R/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3077 3214L12P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106N/I117L 3078 3225G29W/M87K/I93V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3079 3215P28L/E33V/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3080 3216G29W/T53S/M56K/L63P/Q82H/L98Q/M99I/Y105L 3081 3217I18F/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/P121S 3082 3218 L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I108V3083 3171 A26T/A42V/Q45H/I67N/M87K/E97Q/M99L 3084 3219M56V/E59G/L63P/S72G/M87K/I93V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117E 3085 3220G29W/M87K/T89S/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I108V/I117L 3086 3186L12P/M56V/L63P/V961/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/Y115H 3087 3221G29W/T53S/M56K/T61N/L63P/L98Q/Y105L 3088 3222I18T/A26S/M55T/M56V/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117K 3089 3223I18T/T61R/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3090 3224LI2P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3091 3225 E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I108F3092 3175 L12P/R16H/A26T/T61S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L1061/I117L 30933226 G29W/T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L/P121S 3094 3227G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/P121S 3095 3198G29W/T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L 3096 3227G29W/T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L/I108V 3097 3227G29W/T53S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 3098 3228V10A/G29W/T53S/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/P121S 3099 3229 A31Y/L106E 2519,3230 3232 A31Y/L106E/C122S 2520, 3231 3232T89A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/Y115N/E120D/C122P/D124P/S1251/D126P 3582 3615N58S/L63P/T71A/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/D1241/S125P/D126T 3583 3616R16G/E33M/N58S/E59G/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/E120D/C122P/D124P/S1251/D126P 35843617 G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/P121S/D126T 3585 3618L12H/E33M/L98Q/Y105L 3586 3619 T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L 35873620 I18T/A26T/M55T/M56K/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3588 3621I18T/A26T/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L 3589 3622 T53S/L63P/L98Q 3590 3623T53S/L63P/Y105L 3591 3624 T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q 3592 3625T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/Y105L 3593 3626 T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/L98Q/Y105L3594 3627 T53S/M56K/N58S/M87V/L98Q/Y105L 3595 3628T53S/M56K/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L 3596 3629 T53S/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L3597 3630 M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L 3598 3631 E33V/L98Q/Y105L 35993632 E33V/M99L/Y105L 3600 3633 E33V/L98Q/M99L 3601 3634 E33V/M99L 36023635 L12F/R16H/G29W/M56T/L98Q 3603 3636 L12F/R16H/G29W/M56T/Y105L 36043637 L12F/R16H/G29W/L98Q/Y105L 3605 3638 L12F/R16H/M56T/L98Q/Y105L 36063639 G29W/M567/L98Q/Y105L 3607 3640 L12F/G29W/L98Q/Y105L 3608 3641LI2F/L98Q/Y105L 3609 3642 R16H/L98Q/Y105L 3610 3643 G29W/L98Q/Y105L 36113644 M56T/L98Q/Y105L 3612 3645 L12F/R16H/G29W/M56T/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 36133646 G29W/M56T/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 3614 3647I18T/T61R/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/P102L/Y105L 3648 3649

b. MHC Binding Molecules

Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins containing an ARBM that isor contains a binding molecule that binds an major histocompatibilitycomplex (MHC), e.g. MHC class I or MHC class II. In some embodiments,the MHC is human, e.g. human MHC class I or human MHC class II. In someembodiments, the ARBM binds to an MCH on the surface of a cell, such ason the surface of an APC.

In some embodiments, the provided immunomodulatory proteins contain anARBM is or contains an antibody that binds an MHC or is anantigen-binding fragment thereof (e.g. Fab or scFv). In someembodiments, the antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment thereofbinds human MHC, such as human MHC class I and/or human MHC class II. Insome embodiments, the antibody is a pan-MHC antibody. In someembodiments, the antibody is a single chain variable fragment (e.g.scFv) containing a VH and VL of an anti-MHC antibody or antigen-bindingfragment, such as is a pan-MHC scFv antibody.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains one or more IgD(s) or aspecific binding fragment thereof, such as an unmodified or wild-typeIgD or a vIgD or a specific binding fragment thereof, of an IgSF familymember that bind an MHC, such as an MHC class I or an MHC class II. Insome embodiments, the MHC is human MHC, such as a human MHC class I orhuman MHC class II. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains one ormore IgD that is an IgD, or a vIgD thereof, of a TCR, CD4, CD8, or LAG3polypeptide, such as a wild-type TCR, CD4, CD8 or LAG3, e.g. a humanTCR, a human CD4, human CD8 or human LAG3. In some embodiments, the ARBMis not the full length sequence of the TCR, CD4, CD8 or LAG3. In someaspects, the ARBM is a soluble polypeptide, is not membrane-expressedand/or lacks the transmembrane and/or cytoplasmic domain of a TCR, CD4,CD8 or LAG3. In some embodiments, the ARBM only contains anextracellular domain (ECD) or a specific binding fragment thereofcontaining a IgD or vIgD, such as only contains an IgV domain or an IgCdomain or specific binding fragment thereof, or combinations thereof.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains an IgD of a wild-type orunmodified CD4 or a vIgD thereof. In some embodiments, the ARBM is orcontains the ECD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:40 or is a specificbinding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or containsan IgD sequence of CD4, such as humanCD4. In some embodiments, the ARBMis or contain an IgD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3490, or is aspecific binding fragment thereof.

(SEQ ID NO: 40) KKVVLGKKGDTVELTCTASQKKSIQFHWKNSNQIKILGNQGSFLTKGPSKLNDRADSRRSLWDQGNFPLIIKNLKIEDSDTYICEVEDQKEEVQLLVFGLTANSDTHLLQGQSLTLTLESPPGSSPSVQCRSPRGKNIQGGKTLSVSQLELQDSGTWTCTVLQNQKKVEFKIDIVVLAFQKASSIVYKKEGEQVEFSFPLAFTVEKLTGSGELWWQAERASSSKSWITFDLKNKEVSVKRVTQDPKLQMGKKLPLHLTLPQALPQYAGSGNLTLALEAKTGKLHQEVNLVVMRATQLQKNLTCEVWGPTSPKLMLSLKLENKEAKVSKREKAVWVLNPEAGMWQCLLSDSGQVLLESNIK VLPTWSTPVQP (SEQ ID NO: 3490)KKVVLGKKGDTVELTCTASQKKSIQFHWKNSNQIKILGNQGSFLTKGPSKLNDRADSRRSLWDQGNFPLIIKNL KIEDSDTYICEVEDQKEEVQLLVFGL

In some aspects, the ARBM contains one or more IgD that is an vIgDcontaining one or more amino acid modifications (e.g., substitutions,deletions or additions) compared to an IgD of a wild-type or unmodifiedCD4, which, in some aspects, result in increased binding of the ARBM toan MHC molecule. In some embodiments, modifications provided herein canbe in an ARBM containing an unmodified IgD set forth in SEQ ID NO:40 or3490 or in a sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ IDNO: 40 or 3490. In some embodiments, an ARBM containing a vIgD of CD4has at least about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity with the sequence set forthin any of SEQ ID NOs: 40 or 3490.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains an IgD of a wild-type orunmodified CD8, such as a CD8alpha (CD8a) and/or CD8beta (CD8b), or avIgD thereof. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains the ECDsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:41 or 42 or is a specific bindingfragment thereof. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains an IgDsequence of CD8a or CD8b, such as human CD8a or CD8b. In someembodiments, the ARBM is or contain an IgD sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO:3491 or 3233, or is a specific binding fragment thereof.

CD8-alpha (SEQ ID NO: 41) SQFRVSPLDRTWNLGETVELKCQVLLSNPTSGCSWLFQPRGAAASPTFLLYLSQNKPKAAEGLDTQRFSGKRLGDTFVLTLSDFRRENEGYYFCSALSNSIMYFSHFVPVFLPAKPTTTPAPRPPTPAPTIASQPLSLRPEACR PAAGGAVHTRGLDFACD CD8-beta(SEQ ID NO: 42) LQQTPAYIKVQTNKMVMLSCEAKISLSNMRIYWLRQRQAPSSDSHHEFLALWDSAKGTIHGEEVEQEKIAVFRDASRFILNLTSVKPEDSGIYFCMIVGSPELTFGKGTQLSVVDFLPTTAQPTKKSTLKKRVCRLPRPETQKG PLCSP CD8-alpha (SEQ ID NO: 3491)SQFRVSPLDRTWNLGETVELKCQVLLSNPTSGCSWLFQPRGAAASPTFLLYLSQNKPKAAEGLDTQRFSGKRLGDTFVLTLSDFRRENEGYYFCSALSNSIMYFSHFV PVFLPA CD8-beta (SEQ ID NO: 3233)LQQTPAYIKVQTNKMVMLSCEAKISLSNMRIYWLRQRQAPSSDSHHEFLALWDSAKGTIHGEEVEQEKIAVFRDASRFILNLTSVKPEDSGIYFCMIVGSPELTFGKG TQL

In some aspects, the ARBM contains one or more IgD that is an vIgDcontaining one or more amino acid modifications (e.g., substitutions,deletions or additions) compared to an IgD of a wild-type or unmodifiedCD4, which, in some aspects, result in increased binding of the ARBM toan MHC molecule. In some embodiments, modifications provided herein canbe in an ARBM containing an unmodified IgD set forth in SEQ ID NO:41,32, 3491 or 3233 or in a sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%,91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity toSEQ ID NO: 41, 32, 3491 or 3233. In some embodiments, an ARBM containinga vIgD of CD8 has at least about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity with the sequenceset forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 41, 32, 3491 or 3233.

In some embodiments, the ARBM is or contains an IgD of a wild-type orunmodified LAG3 or a vIgD thereof. In some embodiments, the ARBM is orcontains the ECD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:43 or is a specificbinding fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the ARBM is or containsan IgD sequence of LAG3, such as human LAG3. In some embodiments, theARBM is or contain an IgD sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3492, or is aspecific binding fragment thereof.

(SEQ ID NO: 43) VPVVWAQEGAPAQLPCSPTIPLQDLSLLRRAGVTWQHQPDSGPPAAAPGHPLAPGPHPAAPSSWGPRPRRYTVLSVGPGGLRSGRLPLQPRVQLDERGRQRGDFSLWLRPARRADAGEYRAAVHLRDRALSCRLRLRLGQASMTASPPGSLRASDWVILNCSFSRPDRPASVHWFRNRGQGRVPVRESPHHHLAESFLFLPQVSPMDSGPWGCILTYRDGFNVSIMYNLTVLGLEPPTPLTVYAGAGSRVGLPCRLPAGVGTRSFLTAKWTPPGGGPDLLVTGDNGDFTLRLEDVSQAQAGTYTCHIHLQEQQLNATVTLAIITVTPKSFGSPGSLGKLLCEVTPVSGQERFVWSSLDTPSQRSFSGPWLEAQEAQLLSQPWQCQLYQGERLLGAAVYFTELSSPGAQRSGRAPGALPAGHLLLFLILGVLSLLLLVTGAFGFHLWRRQWRPRRFSALEQGIHPPQAQ SKIEELEQEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEQL(SEQ ID NO: 3492) GAPAQLPCSPTIPLQDLSLLRRAGVTWQHQPDSGPPAAAPGHPLAPGPHPAAPSSWGPRPRRYTVLSVGPGGLRSGRLPLQPRVQLDERGRQRGDFSLWLRPARRADA GEYRAAVHLRDRALSCRLRLRLG

In some aspects, the ARBM contains one or more IgD that is an vIgDcontaining one or more amino acid modifications (e.g., substitutions,deletions or additions) compared to an IgD of a wild-type or unmodifiedLAG3, which, in some aspects, result in increased binding of the ARBM toan MHC molecule. In some embodiments, modifications provided herein canbe in an ARBM containing an unmodified IgD set forth in SEQ ID NO:43 or3492 or in a sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ IDNO: 43 or 3492. In some embodiments, an ARBM containing a vIgD of LAG3has at least about 85%, 86%, 86%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%,95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% sequence identity with the sequence set forthin any of SEQ ID NOs: 43 or 3492.

II. SINGLE-DOMAIN IMMUNOMODULATORY PROTEINS

Provided herein are single-domain immunomodulatory proteins that containone or more inhibitory receptor binding molecule (IRBM) that binds to aninhibitory receptor or one or more activating receptor binding molecule(ARBM) that binds to an activating receptor or a ligand of an activatingreceptor. In some embodiments, the IRBM can be any binding molecule thatbinds to an inhibitory receptor, such as those described in Section I.A. In some embodiments, the ARBM can be any binding molecule that bindsto an activating receptor or a ligand thereof, such as any described inSection I. B. In some embodiments, the single-domain immunomodulatoryprotein contains one or more IRBM or ARBM that includes an antibody oran antigen-binding antibody fragment. In some aspects, the single-domainimmunomodulatory protein contains an IRBM or ARBM that is a humanantibody and/or an antibody that binds a human protein.

In some embodiments, the single-domain immunomodulatory protein containsan IRBM or ARBM that is not an antibody or antigen-binding fragment. Insome embodiments, the IRBM or ARBM is or contains a non-antibodyimmunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) domain (IgD) of an IgSF member, or isa specific binding fragment of such an IgSF domain. In some embodiments,the at least one of the IRBM or ARBM can be a variant IgD in which iscontained one or more amino acid modifications (e.g. substitutions) inan IgD, such as any of the exemplary variant IgD provided in Section I.

In some embodiments, the ARBM can bind to an activating receptor with atleast a certain binding activity as described in Section I, such asbinding affinity, as measured by any of a number of known methods. Insome embodiments, the IRBM can bind to an inhibitory receptor with atleast a certain binding activity as described in Section I, such asbinding affinity, as measured by any of a number of known methods.

In some embodiments, the single-domain immunomodulatory proteinsprovided herein are soluble proteins and/or do not contain a portionthat includes a transmembrane domain. Those of skill will appreciatethat cell surface proteins, including proteins of the IgSF, typicallyhave an intracellular domain, a transmembrane domain, and extracellulardomain (ECD), and that a soluble form of such proteins can be made usingthe extracellular domain or an immunologically active subsequencethereof. Thus, in some embodiments, the ARBM or IRBM lacks atransmembrane domain or a portion of the transmembrane domain of an IgSFmember. In some embodiments, the ARBM or IRBM lacks the intracellular(cytoplasmic) domain or a portion of the intracellular domain of an IgSFmember. In some embodiments, the ARBM or IRBM only contains the ECDdomain or a portion thereof containing an IgSF domain, such an IgVdomain, or specific binding fragments thereof. In some cases, the ARBMand IRBM independently can include the extracellular domain of an IgSFfamily member or an IgSF domain or specific binding fragment thereof ofan IgSF family member. In some aspects, the IgSF domain is an IgV domainor an IgC domain. In some aspects, the IgSF domain is an IgV domain oran IgC domain. In some aspects, the IRBM and/or ARBM is an IgSF domainof a IgSF family member that is a human protein and/or binds a humanprotein.

In some embodiments, the provided single-domain immunomodulatoryproteins can include the ARBM or IRBM in various configurations orformats, including formats with one or more further moieties. The one ormore ARBM or the one or more IRBM can be linked directly or indirectly,via a linker. In some embodiments, the single-domain immunomodulatoryproteins can be formatted as multimeric molecules via fusion with amultimerization domain, such as an Fc protein. In some embodiments, thesingle-domain immunomodulatory proteins are formatted as a monomericmolecules containing single polypeptide fusions of the one or more ARBMor the one or more IRBM. In some embodiments, the single-domainimmunomodulatory proteins can be formatted as multimeric molecules,e.g., dimeric, trimer, tetrameric, or pentameric molecules.

Exemplary ARBM or IRBM containing single-domain immunomodulatoryproteins are described, as are exemplary formats for such single-domainimmunomodulatory proteins.

III. FORMATS

1. Multi-Domain Immunomodulatory Protein Formats

The multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins containing one or more IRBMand one or more ARBM provided herein can be formatted in a variety ofways, including as a single chain polypeptide fusion or as a multimeric(e.g. dimeric, trimeric, tetrameric, or pentameric) molecules. In somecases, the immunomodulatory proteins can be formatted for secretion froma cell, such as for expression by an engineered cell or infectious agentas described elsewhere herein. The particular format is chosen such thatthe ARBM of the immunomodulatory protein specifically binds to theactivating receptor or a ligand of the activating receptor and the IRBMspecifically binds to the IRBM. In some aspects, the particular formatis chosen to effect attenuation of an activity of the activatingreceptor, such as to reduce or decrease an immune response. In furtheraspects, the particular format is chosen to result in proximalization ofthe inhibitory receptor and activating receptor on an immune cell, e.g.T cell. In additional aspects, the particular format is chosen torecruit one or more phosphatase, e.g. SHP-1 or SHP-2, to the activatingreceptor and/or to result in phosphatase dependent dephosphorylation ofthe activating receptor.

In some embodiments, the format of the multi-domain immunomodulatoryprotein is chosen to avoid crosslinking or engagement of the activatingreceptor. Thus, in some aspects, the provided immunomodulatory proteinsdo not exhibit multivalent binding to the activating receptor. In someaspects, for the immunomodulatory proteins generated in a cis bindingstrategy (e.g. containing an IRBM that binds to an inhibitory receptorand an ARBM that binds to an activating receptor on the same cell, suchas same T cell) a relatively smaller molecular weight, monomeric and/orsingle chain polypeptide fusion of the immunomodulatory protein iscontemplated. In some embodiments, for the immunomodulatory proteinsgenerated in a trans binding strategy (e.g. containing an IRBM thatbinds to an inhibitory receptor on a T cell and an ARBM that binds to aligand of an activating receptor on an APC), it may not be necessary forthe immunomodulatory protein to be formatted to minimize or avoidmultivalent binding and/or to be of a smaller size. Hence, in someaspects, multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins that act in a transbinding strategy are formatted as dimeric proteins.

In some embodiments, the provided multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinscan include one or more ARBM and one or more IRBM. In some embodiments,an immunomodulatory protein can include one or more ARBM describedherein and any one or more IRBM described herein. In some embodiments,the immunomodulatory protein comprises exactly 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ARBMs,which, in some aspects, are the same or are of identical sequence when aplurality are included. In some embodiments, each of a plurality ofARBM, e.g. 2, 3, 4, or 5, are linked directly or indirectly via a linkerto another ARBM. In some aspects, at least one of the plurality of ARBMmolecules are linked directly or indirectly via a linker to an IRBM.

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory proteins comprises exactly 1,2, 3, 4, 5 IRBMs, which, in some aspects, are the same or are ofidentical sequence when a plurality are included. In some embodiments,each of a plurality of IRBM, e.g. 2, 3, 4, or 5, are linked directly orindirectly via a linker to another IRBM. In some aspects, at least oneof the plurality of IRBM molecules are linked directly or indirectly viaa linker to an ARBM. In some embodiments, the modular format of theprovided immunomodulatory proteins provides flexibility for engineeringor generating immunomodulatory proteins for modulating activity at animmune synapse involving modulating interactions between and activatingreceptor and inhibitory receptor and their ligands.

In some embodiments, the multi-domain immunomodulatory protein containsa polypeptide that includes at least one ARBM and at least one IRBM. Insome embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein includes a polypeptidecontaining an ARBM linked directly or indirectly via a linker to anIRBM, in either order. In some embodiments, at least one IRBM is aminoterminal to at least one ARBM in the polypeptide. In some embodiments,at least one IRBM is carboxy terminal to at least one ARBM in thepolypeptide.

In addition to single polypeptide chain embodiments, in some embodimentstwo, three, four, or more of a polypeptides containing one or more IRBMand/or one or more ARBM can be covalently or non-covalently attached toeach other. In some embodiments, at least one polypeptide chain containsone or more IRBM and at least one polypeptide chain contains one or moreARBM. In some embodiments, each of at least two polypeptide chaincontains at least one IRBM and at least one ARBM. Thus, monomeric,dimeric, and higher order (e.g., 3, 4, 5, or more) multimeric proteinsare provided herein. For example, in some embodiments exactly twopolypeptides, each containing one or more IRBM and/or one or more ARBM,can be covalently or non-covalently attached to each other to form adimer. In some embodiments, the two polypeptides can be attached via amultimerization domain, in which, in some aspects, one or both of theIRBM and ARBM are linked directly or indirectly via a linker to themultimerization domain. In such embodiments, the multimerization domaincan be the same or different. In some embodiments, the multimerizationdomain, such as an Fc region, facilitates attachment of two polypeptidechains via interchain cysteine disulfide bond. Compositions comprisingtwo or more polypeptides can be of an identical sequence orsubstantially identical sequence of polypeptide (e.g., a homodimer) orof a non-identical sequence of polypeptides (e.g., a heterodimer).

In some embodiments, the multi-domain immunomodulatory protein canfurther include a tag or moiety.

Non-limiting examples of components for inclusion in provided formatsare further described in section III.3.

2. Single-Domain Immunomodulatory Protein Formats

The single-domain immunomodulatory proteins containing one or more IRBMor one or more ARBM can be formatted in a variety of ways, including asa single chain polypeptide fusion or as a multimeric (e.g. dimeric,trimeric, tetrameric, or pentameric) molecules. In some cases, theimmunomodulatory proteins can be formatted for secretion from a cell,such as for expression by an engineered cell or infectious agent asdescribed elsewhere herein. In some aspects, the particular format ischosen to effect attenuation of an activity of the activating receptor,such as to reduce or decrease an immune response.

In some embodiments, the single-domain immunomodulatory protein includesa plurality of IRBM polypeptides, such as 2, 3, 4 or 5 IRBMs. In someembodiments, each of the IRBM is the same or has the same sequence. Insome embodiments, each of a plurality of IRBM, e.g. 2, 3, 4, or 5, arelinked directly or indirectly via a linker to another IRBM. In someaspects, at least one of the plurality of IRBM molecules are linkeddirectly or indirectly via a linker to an ARBM.

In some embodiments, the single-domain immunomodulatory protein includesa plurality of ARBM polypeptides, such as 2, 3, 4 or 5 ARBM. In someembodiments, each of the ARBM is the same or has the same sequence. Insome embodiments, each of a plurality of ARBM, e.g. 2, 3, 4, or 5, arelinked directly or indirectly via a linker to another ARBM. In someaspects, at least one of the plurality of ARBM molecules are linkeddirectly or indirectly via a linker to an IRBM.

In addition to single polypeptide chain embodiments, in some embodimentstwo, three, four, or more of a polypeptides containing one or more IRBMor one or more ARBM can be covalently or non-covalently attached to eachother. In some embodiments, at least one polypeptide chain contains oneor more IRBM. In some embodiments, at least one polypeptide chaincontains one or more ARBM. Thus, monomeric, dimeric, and higher order(e.g., 3, 4, 5, or more) multimeric proteins are provided herein. Forexample, in some embodiments exactly two polypeptides, each containingone or more IRBM or one or more ARBM, can be covalently ornon-covalently attached to each other to form a dimer. In someembodiments, the two polypeptides can be attached via a multimerizationdomain, in which, in some aspects, the IRBM or ARBM are linked directlyor indirectly via a linker to the multimerization domain. In suchembodiments, the multimerization domain can be the same or different. Insome embodiments, the multimerization domain, such as an Fc region,facilitates attachment of two polypeptide chains via interchain cysteinedisulfide bond. Compositions comprising two or more polypeptides can beof an identical sequence or substantially identical sequence ofpolypeptide (e.g., a homodimer) or of a non-identical sequence ofpolypeptides (e.g., a heterodimer).

In some embodiments, the single-domain immunomodulatory protein canfurther include a tag or moiety.

Non-limiting examples of components for inclusion in provided formatsare further described in Section 111.3.

3. Components

a. Linkers

For the multi-domain and single-domain immunomodulatory proteinsprovided herein, linkers, or spacers, can be used to connect componentsof a polypeptide, such as any ARBM and/or IRBM provided herein. In somecases, a linker is a peptide or polypeptide sequence {e.g. a syntheticpeptide or polypeptide sequence), or is a non-peptide linker able toconnect two moieties. In some aspects, a linker is used or chosen tomaintain the structural flexibility and other conformationalcharacteristics of the individual residues or at the secondary,tertiary, or quaternary structural levels of domains of the polypeptidefusion protein, such as in order to maintain functional properties ofthe immunomodulatory protein. Linkers can also provide additionalbeneficial properties to the protein, such as increased proteinexpression in mammalian expression systems, improved biophysicalproperties such as stability and solubility, improved proteinpurification and detection and/or increased enzymatic activity. In someexamples, two or more linkers can be linked in tandem.

In some aspects, the linkers can be peptide linker. In other aspects,the linker includes chemical linking agents and heterobifunctionallinking agents. In some cases, the linker is not cleavable. In othercases, a linker can contain one or more protease-cleavable sites, whichcan be located within the sequence of the linker or flanking the linkerat either end of the linker sequence.

When multiple linkers are present in the immunomodulatory proteinbetween ARBM, IRBM or other moieties, each of the linkers can be thesame or different. Generally, linkers or multiple linkers provideflexibility to the polypeptide molecule.

In some embodiments, one or more “peptide linkers” link the ARBM, IRBM,or other moieties of the immunomodulatory protein. In some embodiments,a peptide linker can be a single amino acid residue or greater inlength. In some embodiments, the peptide linker has at least one aminoacid residue but is no more than 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11,10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 amino acid residues in length. In someembodiments, the linker is a flexible linker. Linking moieties aredescribed, for example, in Huston et al. (1988) PNAS 85:5879-5883,Whitlow et al. (1993) Protein Engineering 6:989-995, and Newton et al,(1996) Biochemistry 35:545-553. Other suitable peptide linkers includeany of those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,751,180 or 4,935,233.

In some examples, a peptide linker includes peptides (or polypeptides){e.g., natural, or non-naturally occurring peptides) which includes anamino acid sequence that links or genetically fuses a first linearsequence of amino acids to a second linear sequence of amino acids towhich it is not naturally linked or genetically fused in nature. Forexample, the peptide linker can include non-naturally occurringpolypeptides which are modified forms of naturally occurringpolypeptides (e.g., that includes a mutation such as an addition,substitution or deletion). In another example, the peptide linker caninclude non-naturally occurring amino acids. In another example, thepeptide linker can include naturally occurring amino acids occurring ina linear sequence that does not occur in nature. In still anotherexample, the peptide linker can include a naturally occurringpolypeptide sequence. Linking moieties can also include derivatives andanalogs of the naturally occurring amino acids, as well as variousnon-naturally occurring amino acids (D- or L-), hydrophobic ornon-hydrophobic, known in the art.

Exemplary peptide linkers are linkers with the formula Ser(Gly₄Ser)_(n)(or (Gly-Ser)_(n) residues with some Glu or Lys residues dispersedthroughout to increase solubility, where n can be an integer from 1 to20, such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,18, 19, or 20. Other exemplary linkers include peptide linkers with theformula [(Gly)_(x)-Ser_(y)]_(z) where x is from 1 to 4, y is 0 or 1, andz is from 1 to 50. In other examples, the peptide linker includes thesequence G_(n), where n can be an integer from 1 to 100. In anotherexample, the sequence of the peptide linker can be (GA)_(n) or(GGS)_(n).

In some embodiments, the linker is (in one-letter amino acid code):GGGGS (“4GS”; SEQ ID NO: 1942) or multimers of the 4GS linker, such asrepeats of 2, 3, 4, or 5 4GS linkers. In some embodiments, the peptidelinker is the peptide linker is (GGGGS)₂ or (GGGGS)₃ as set forth in SEQID NOs: 240 and 239, respectively. In some embodiments, the linker alsocan include a series of alanine residues alone or in addition to anotherpeptide linker (such as a 4GS linker or multimer thereof). In someembodiments, the number of alanine residues in each series is: 2, 3, 4,5, or 6 alanines. In some embodiments, the linker is a rigid linker. Forexample, the linker is an α-helical linker. In some embodiments, thelinker is (in one-letter amino acid code): EAAAK or multimers of theEAAAK linker, such as repeats of 2, 3, 4, or 5 EAAAK linkers, such asset forth in SEQ ID NO: 3240 (1×EAAAK), SEQ ID NO: 3241 (3×EAAAK) or SEQID NO: 3242 (5×EAAAK). In some embodiments, the linker can furtherinclude amino acids introduced by cloning and/or from a restrictionsite, for example the linker can include the amino acids GS (inone-letter amino acid code) as introduced by use of the restriction siteBAMHI. In some embodiments, the linker (in one-letter amino acid code)is GSGGGGS (SEQ ID NO: 1941) or GGGGSSA (SEQ ID NO: 2524). In someexamples, the linker is a 2×GGGGS followed by three alanines(GGGGSGGGGSAAA; SEQ ID NO:241).

In some embodiments, a polynucleotide encoding a desired peptide linkercan be inserted between, and in the same reading frame as apolynucleotide encoding any ARBM, IRBM or other moiety in the providedimmunomodulatory protein and between another moiety, using any suitableconventional technique.

b. Multimerization Domain

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein containing one or moreARBM(s) and/or IRBM(s) is multimeric, such as dimeric, trimeric,tetrameric, or pentameric. For the dimeric format, the immunomodulatoryprotein comprises a first polypeptide and a second polypeptide. In someembodiments, the first and/or second polypeptide is or contains an ARBM,IRBM, or both. In aspects, the ARBM and/or IRBM is linked, directly orindirectly via a linker, to a multimerization domain. In some aspects,the mutlimerization domain increase half-life of the molecule.

In one example, the immunomodulatory protein provided herein is a dimer.In some cases, the immunomodulatory protein is a homodimer that containsa first and second polypeptide subunit that are the same, i.e. each hasthe same amino acid sequence containing the identical IRBM(s) andARBM(s). The homodimer can be formed by transforming a nucleic acidmolecule encoding the variant polypeptide into a cell, which, uponsecretion, results in covalent or non-covalent interaction betweenresidues of polypeptide subunits to mediate formation of the dimer.

In another example, the immunomodulatory protein is a heterodimer thatcontains a first and second polypeptide subunit that are different. Insuch an example, one or both of the first or second polypeptide subunitcontains a sequence of amino acids of an ARBM and IRBM. In some cases,both the first and second polypeptide subunit can contain a sequence ofamino acids of an ARBM and a sequence of amino acids of an IRBM. Theheterodimer can be formed by transforming into a cell both a firstnucleic acid molecule encoding a first polypeptide subunit and a secondnucleic acid molecule encoding a second different polypeptide subunit.In some aspects, the heterodimer is produced upon expression andsecretion from a cell as a result of covalent or non-covalentinteraction between residues of the two polypeptide subunits to mediateformation of the dimer. In such processes, generally a mixture ofdimeric molecules is formed, including homodimers and heterodimers. Forthe generation of heterodimers, additional steps for purification can benecessary. For example, the first and second polypeptide can beengineered to include a tag with metal chelates or other epitope, wherethe tags are different. The tagged domains can be used for rapidpurification by metal-chelate chromatography, and/or by antibodies, toallow for detection by western blots, immunoprecipitation, or activitydepletion/blocking in bioassays.

Interaction of two or more polypeptides of the immunomodulatory proteinscan be facilitated by their linkage, either directly or indirectly, toany moiety or other polypeptide that are themselves able to interact toform a stable structure. For example, separate encoded polypeptidechains can be joined by multimerization, whereby multimerization of thepolypeptides is mediated by a multimerization domain. Typically, themultimerization domain provides for the formation of a stableprotein-protein interaction between a first polypeptide and a secondpolypeptide.

In some embodiments, the two or more individual polypeptides of theimmunomodulatory proteins can be joined by multimerization, such asjoined as dimeric, trimeric, tetrameric, or pentameric molecules. Insome cases, the individual polypeptides are the same. For example, atrimeric molecule can be formed from three copies of the same individualpolypeptide. In other examples, a tetrameric molecule is generated fromfour copies of the same individual polypeptides. In further examples, apentameric molecule is generated from five copies of the same individualpolypeptides. In some embodiments of the configurations, the individualpolypeptides of an immunomodulatory proteins containing an ARBM and/orIRBM are fused to a multimerization domain. In some cases, theindividual polypeptides of a multi-domain immunomodulatory proteincontaining an ARBM and IRBM are fused to a multimerization domain. Insome examples, the individual polypeptides of a single-domainimmunomodulatory proteins containing an ARBM or IRBM are fused to amultimerization domain, such as a multimerization domain that promotestrimerization, tetramerization, or pentamerization of the proteins.

In some embodiments, a multimerization domain includes any capable offorming a stable protein-protein interaction. The multimerizationdomains can interact via an immunoglobulin sequence (e.g. Fc domain; seee.g., International Patent Pub. Nos. WO 93/10151 and WO 2005/063816 US;U.S. Pub. No. 2006/0024298; U.S. Pat. No. 5,457,035); leucine zipper(e.g. from nuclear transforming proteins fos and jun or theproto-oncogene c-myc or from General Control of Nitrogen (GCN4)) (eee.g., Busch and Sassone-Corsi (1990) Trends Genetics, 6:36-40; Gentz etal., (1989) Science, 243:1695-1699); a hydrophobic region; a hydrophilicregion; or a free thiol which forms an intermolecular disulfide bondbetween the chimeric molecules of a homo- or heteromultimer. Inaddition, a multimerization domain can include an amino acid sequencecomprising a protuberance complementary to an amino acid sequencecomprising a hole, such as is described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No.5,731,168; International Patent Pub. Nos. WO 98/50431 and WO2005/063816; Ridgway et al. (1996) Protein Engineering, 9:617-621. Sucha multimerization region can be engineered such that steric interactionsnot only promote stable interaction, but further promote the formationof heterodimers over homodimers from a mixture of chimeric monomers.Generally, protuberances are constructed by replacing small amino acidside chains from the interface of the first polypeptide with larger sidechains (e.g., tyrosine or tryptophan). Compensatory cavities ofidentical or similar size to the protuberances are optionally created onthe interface of the second polypeptide by replacing large amino acidside chains with smaller ones (e.g., alanine or threonine). Exemplarymultimerization domains are described below.

The ARBM and/or IRBM can be joined anywhere, but typically via its N- orC-terminus, to the N- or C-terminus of a multimerization domain to forma chimeric polypeptide. The linkage can be direct or indirect via alinker. Also, the chimeric polypeptide can be a fusion protein or can beformed by chemical linkage, such as through covalent or non-covalentinteractions. For example, when preparing a chimeric polypeptidecontaining a multimerization domain, nucleic acid encoding all or partof an ARBM and/or IRBM can be operably linked to nucleic acid encodingthe multimerization domain sequence, directly or indirectly oroptionally via a linker domain. In some cases, the construct encodes achimeric protein where the C-terminus of the ARBM and/or IRBM is joinedto the N-terminus of the multimerization domain. In some instances, aconstruct can encode a chimeric protein where the N-terminus of the ARBMand/or IRBM is joined to the N- or C-terminus of the multimerizationdomain.

A polypeptide multimer contains two chimeric proteins created bylinking, directly or indirectly, two of the same or different ARBMand/or IRBM directly or indirectly to a multimerization domain. In someexamples, where the multimerization domain is a polypeptide, a genefusion encoding the ARBM and/or IRBM and multimerization domain isinserted into an appropriate expression vector. The resulting chimericor fusion protein can be expressed in host cells transformed with therecombinant expression vector, and allowed to assemble into multimers,where the multimerization domains interact to form multivalentpolypeptides. Chemical linkage of multimerization domains to the ARBMand/or IRBM can be effected using heterobifunctional linkers.

The resulting chimeric polypeptides, such as fusion proteins, andmultimers formed therefrom, can be purified by any suitable method suchas, for example, by affinity chromatography over Protein A or Protein Gcolumns. Where two nucleic acid molecules encoding differentpolypeptides are transformed into cells, formation of homo- andheterodimers will occur. Conditions for expression can be adjusted sothat heterodimer formation is favored over homodimer formation.

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein comprises an ARBMand/or IRBM attached to an immunoglobulin Fc (yielding an“immunomodulatory Fc fusion.”) In some embodiments, the attachment ofthe ARBM and/or IRBM is at the N-terminus of the Fc. In someembodiments, the attachment of the ARBM and/or IRBM is at the C-terminusof the Fc. In some embodiments, two or more ARBM and/or IRBM (the sameor different) are independently attached at the N-terminus and at theC-terminus. Thus, homo- or heteromultimeric polypeptides can begenerated from co-expression of separate ARMB and/or IRBM containingpolypeptides. The first and second polypeptides can be the same ordifferent. In some embodiments, the first and/or second polypeptide eachcontains two or more ARBM and/or IRBM linked to the Fc sequence. In someembodiments, the first and/or second polypeptide each contains threeIRBMs and one ARBM linked to the Fc sequence.

In some embodiments, the Fc is murine or human Fc. In some embodiments,the Fc is a mammalian or human IgG1, lgG2, lgG3, or lgG4 Fc regions. Insome embodiments, the Fc is derived from IgG1, such as human IgG1. Insome embodiments, the Fc comprises the amino acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 187 or a sequence of amino acids that exhibits at least 85%,86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% ormore sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 187.

In some embodiments, the Fc region contains one more modifications toalter (e.g. reduce) one or more of its normal functions. In general, theFc region is responsible for effector functions, such ascomplement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) and antibody-dependent cellcytotoxicity (ADCC), in addition to the antigen-binding capacity, whichis the main function of immunoglobulins. Additionally, the FcRn sequencepresent in the Fc region plays the role of regulating the IgG level inserum by increasing the in vivo half-life by conjugation to an in vivoFcRn receptor. In some embodiments, such functions can be reduced oraltered in an Fc for use with the provided Fc fusion proteins.

In some embodiments, one or more amino acid modifications may beintroduced into the Fc region, thereby generating an Fc region variant.In some embodiments, the Fc region variant has decreased effectorfunction. There are many examples of changes or mutations to Fcsequences that can alter effector function. For example, WO 00/42072,WO2006019447, WO2012125850, WO2015/107026, US2016/0017041 and Shields etal. J Biol. Chem. 9(2): 6591-6604 (2001) describe exemplary Fc variantswith improved or diminished binding to FcRs. The contents of thosepublications are specifically incorporated herein by reference.

In some embodiments, the provided immunomodulatory proteins comprise anFc region that exhibits reduced effector functions, which makes it adesirable candidate for applications in which the half-life of theimmunomodulatory protein in vivo is important yet certain effectorfunctions (such as CDC and ADCC) are unnecessary or deleterious. Invitro and/or in vivo cytotoxicity assays can be conducted to confirm thereduction/depletion of CDC and/or ADCC activities. For example, Fcreceptor (FcR) binding assays can be conducted to ensure that theimmunomodulatory protein lacks FcγR binding (hence likely lacking ADCCactivity), but retains FcRn binding ability. The primary cells formediating ADCC, NK cells, express FcγRIII only, whereas monocytesexpress FcγRI, FcγRII and FcγRIII FcR expression on hematopoietic cellsis summarized in Table 2 on page 464 of Ravetch and Kinet, Annu. Rev.Immunol. 9:457-492 (1991). Non-limiting examples of in vitro assays toassess ADCC activity of a molecule of interest is described in U.S. Pat.No. 5,500,362 (see, e.g. Hellstrom, I. et al. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA83:7059-7063 (1986)) and Hellstrom, I et al., Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA82:1499-1502 (1985); U.S. Pat. No. 5,821,337 (see Bruggemann, M. et al.,J. Exp. Med. 166:1351-1361 (1987)). Alternatively, non-radioactive assaymethods may be employed (see, for example, ACTI™ non-radioactivecytotoxicity assay for flow cytometry (CellTechnology, Inc. MountainView, Calif.; and CytoTox 96™ non-radioactive cytotoxicity assay(Promega, Madison, Wis.). Useful effector cells for such assays includeperipheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and Natural Killer (NK) cells.Alternatively, or additionally, ADCC activity of the molecule ofinterest may be assessed in vivo, e.g., in an animal model such as thatdisclosed in Clynes et al. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA 95:652-656 (1998).C1q binding assays may also be carried out to confirm that theimmunomodulatory protein n is unable to bind C1q and hence lacks CDCactivity. See, e.g., C1q and C3c binding ELISA in WO 2006/029879 and WO2005/100402. To assess complement activation, a CDC assay may beperformed (see, for example, Gazzano-Santoro et al., J. Immunol. Methods202:163 (1996); Cragg, M. S. et al., Blood 101:1045-1052 (2003); andCragg, M. S. and M. J. Glennie, Blood 103:2738-2743 (2004)). FcRnbinding and in vivo clearance/half life determinations can also beperformed using methods known in the art (see, e.g., Petkova, S. B. etal., Int'l. Immunol. 18(12):1759-1769 (2006)).

Immunomodulatory protein with reduced effector function include thosewith substitution of one or more of Fc region residues 238, 265, 269,270, 297, 327 and 329 by EU numbering (U.S. Pat. No. 6,737,056). Such Fcmutants include Fc mutants with substitutions at two or more of aminoacid positions 265, 269, 270, 297 and 327 by EU numbering, including theso-called “DANA” Fc mutant with substitution of residues 265 and 297 toalanine (U.S. Pat. No. 7,332,581).

In some embodiments, the Fc region of immunomodulatory proteins has anFc region in which any one or more of amino acids at positions 234, 235,236, 237, 238, 239, 270, 297, 298, 325, and 329 (indicated by EUnumbering) are substituted with different amino acids compared to thenative Fc region. Such alterations of Fc region are not limited to theabove-described alterations, and include, for example, alterations suchas deglycosylated chains (N297A and N297Q), IgG1-N297G,IgG1-L234A/L235A, IgG1-L234A/L235E/G237A, IgG1-A325A/A330S/P331S,IgG1-C226S/C229S, IgG1-C226S/C229S/E233P/L234V/L235A,IgG1-E233P/L234V/L235A/G236del/S267K, IgG1-L234F/L235E/P331S,IgG1-S267E/L328F, IgG2-V234A/G237A, IgG2-H268Q/V309L/A330S/A331S,IgG4-L235A/G237A/E318A, and IgG4-L236E described in Current Opinion inBiotechnology (2009) 20 (6), 685-691; alterations such as G236R/L328R,L235G/G236R, N325A/L328R, and N325LL328R described in WO 2008/092117;amino acid insertions at positions 233, 234, 235, and 237 (indicated byEU numbering); and alterations at the sites described in WO 2000/042072.

Certain Fc variants with improved or diminished binding to FcRs aredescribed. (See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,737,056; WO 2004/056312,WO2006019447 and Shields et al., J. Biol. Chem. 9(2): 6591-6604 (2001).)

In some embodiments, there is provided an immunomodulatory proteincomprising a variant Fc region comprising one or more amino acidsubstitutions which increase half-life and/or improve binding to theneonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). Antibodies with increased half-lives andimproved binding to FcRn are described in US2005/0014934A1 (Hinton etal.) or WO2015107026. Those antibodies comprise an Fc region with one ormore substitutions therein which improve binding of the Fc region toFcRn. Such Fc variants include those with substitutions at one or moreof Fc region residues: 238, 256, 265, 272, 286, 303, 305, 307, 311, 312,317, 340, 356, 360, 362, 376, 378, 380, 382, 413, 424 or 434 by EUnumbering, e.g., substitution of Fc region residue 434 (U.S. Pat. No.7,371,826).

In some embodiments, the Fc region of the immunomodulatory proteincomprises one or more amino acid substitution E356D and M358L by EUnumbering. In some embodiments, the Fc region of the immunomodulatoryprotein comprises one or more amino acid substitutions C220S, C226Sand/or C229S by EU numbering. In some embodiments, the Fc region of theimmunomodulatory protein comprises one or more amino acid substitutionsR292C and V302C. See also Duncan & Winter, Nature 322:738-40 (1988);U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,648,260; 5,624,821; and WO 94/29351 concerning otherexamples of Fc region variants.

In some embodiments, alterations are made in the Fc region that resultin diminished C1q binding and/or Complement Dependent Cytotoxicity(CDC), e.g., as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,194,551, WO 99/51642, andIdusogie et al., J. Immunol. 164: 4178-4184 (2000).

In some embodiments, there is provided an immunomodulatory proteincomprising a variant Fc region comprising one or more amino acidmodifications, wherein the variant Fc region is derived from IgG1, suchas human IgG1. In some embodiments, the variant Fc region is derivedfrom the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 187. In someembodiments, the Fc contains at least one amino acid substitution thatis N82G by numbering of SEQ ID NO: 187 (corresponding to N297G by EUnumbering). In some embodiments, the Fc further contains at least oneamino acid substitution that is R77C or V87C by numbering of SEQ ID NO:187 (corresponding to R292C or V302C by EU numbering). In someembodiments, the variant Fc region further comprises a C5S amino acidmodification by numbering of SEQ ID NO: 187 (corresponding to C220S byEU numbering). For example, in some embodiments, the variant Fc regioncomprises the following amino acid modifications: V297G and one or moreof the following amino acid modifications C220S, R292C or V302C by EUnumbering (corresponding to N82G and one or more of the following aminoacid modifications C5S, R77C or V87C with reference to SEQ ID NO:187),e.g., the Fc region comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1157.In some embodiments, the variant Fc region comprises one or more of theamino acid modifications C220S, L234A, L235E or G237A, e.g. the Fcregion comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1158. In someembodiments, the variant Fc region comprises one or more of the aminoacid modifications C220S, L235P, L234V, L235A, G236del or S267K, e.g.the Fc region comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1159. Insome embodiments, the variant Fc comprises one or more of the amino acidmodifications C220S, L234A, L235E, G237A, E356D or M358L, e.g. the Fcregion comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1155.

In some embodiments, the Fc region lacks the C-terminal lysinecorresponding to position 232 of the wild-type or unmodified Fc setforth in SEQ ID NO: 187 (corresponding to K447del by EU numbering). Insome aspects, such an Fc region can additionally include one or moreadditional modifications, e.g. amino acid substitutions, such as any asdescribed. Exemplary of such an Fc region is set forth in SEQ ID NO:1938, 1939, 1940, or 1715.

In some embodiments, there is provided an immunomodulatory proteincomprising a variant Fc region in which the variant Fc comprises thesequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS:1155, 1157, 1158,1159, 1715, 1938, 1939, or 1940 or a sequence of amino acids thatexhibits at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to any of SEQ ID NOS: 1155,1157, 1158, 1159, 1715, 1938, 1939, or 1940.

In some embodiments, the Fc is derived from IgG2, such as human IgG2. Insome embodiments, the Fc comprises the amino acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 188 or a sequence of amino acids that exhibits at least 85%,86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% ormore sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 188.

In some embodiments, the Fc comprises the amino acid sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO: 1200 or a sequence of amino acids that exhibits at least85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%,99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1200. In some embodiments,the IgG4 Fc is a stabilized Fc in which the CH3 domain of human IgG4 issubstituted with the CH3 domain of human IgG1 and which exhibitsinhibited aggregate formation, an antibody in which the CH3 and CH2domains of human IgG4 are substituted with the CH3 and CH2 domains ofhuman IgG1, respectively, or an antibody in which arginine at position409 indicated in the EU index proposed by Kabat et al. of human IgG4 issubstituted with lysine and which exhibits inhibited aggregate formation(see e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 8,911,726. In some embodiments, the Fc is anIgG4 containing the S228P mutation, which has been shown to preventrecombination between a therapeutic antibody and an endogenous IgG4 byFab-arm exchange (see e.g. Labrijin et al. (2009) Nat. Biotechnol.,27(8): 767-71.) In some embodiments, the Fc comprises the amino acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1201 or a sequence of amino acids thatexhibits at least 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1201.

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein is a homodimer thatcontains a first immunomodulatory Fc fusion polypeptide and a secondimmunomodulatory Fc fusion polypeptide in which the first and secondpolypeptide are the same. In some embodiments, a first Fc polypeptidefusion contains an Fc region and one or more ARBM and/or IRBM and asecond polypeptide fusion contains an Fc region and one or more ARBMand/or IRBM. In such embodiments, the Fc region can be any as describedabove.

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein contains a firstimmunomodulatory Fc fusion polypeptide and a second immunomodulatory Fcfusion polypeptide in which the first and second polypeptide aredifferent. In some embodiments, a first Fc polypeptide fusion containsan Fc region and one or more ARBM and/or IRBM and a second polypeptidefusion contains an Fc region and one or more ARBM and/or IRBM. In suchembodiments, the Fc region can be a region that promotes or facilitatesformation of heterodimers.

In some embodiments, a sequence of amino acids is added preceding the Fcsequence for constructs in which the Fc sequence is the N-terminalportion of the sequence. In some cases, the sequence of amino acidsHMSSVSAQ (SEQ ID NO:1156) is added immediately preceding the Fc sequencefor constructs in which the Fc sequence is N-terminal portion of thesequence.

In some embodiments, the Fc domain of one or both of the first andsecond immunomodulatory Fc fusion polypeptides comprise a modification(e.g. substitution) such that the interface of the Fc molecule ismodified to facilitate and/or promote heterodimerization. Methods topromote heterodimerization of Fc chains include mutagenesis of the Fcregion, such as by including a set of “knob-into-hole” mutations orincluding mutations to effect electrostatic steering of the Fc to favorattractive interactions among different polypeptide chains.

In some embodiments, modifications include introduction of aprotuberance (knob) into a first Fc polypeptide and a cavity (hole) intoa second Fc polypeptide such that the protuberance is positionable inthe cavity to promote complexing of the first and second Fc-containingpolypeptides. Amino acids targeted for replacement and/or modificationto create protuberances or cavities in a polypeptide are typicallyinterface amino acids that interact or contact with one or more aminoacids in the interface of a second polypeptide.

In some embodiments, a first polypeptide that is modified to containprotuberance (hole) amino acids include replacement of a native ororiginal amino acid with an amino acid that has at least one side chainwhich projects from the interface of the first polypeptide and istherefore positionable in a compensatory cavity (hole) in an adjacentinterface of a second polypeptide. Most often, the replacement aminoacid is one which has a larger side chain volume than the original aminoacid residue. One of skill in the art knows how to determine and/orassess the properties of amino acid residues to identify those that areideal replacement amino acids to create a protuberance. In someembodiments, the replacement residues for the formation of aprotuberance are naturally occurring amino acid residues and include,for example, arginine (R), phenylalanine (F), tyrosine (Y), ortryptophan (W). In some examples, the original residue identified forreplacement is an amino acid residue that has a small side chain suchas, for example, alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, glycine, serine,threonine, or valine.

In some embodiments, a second polypeptide that is modified to contain acavity (hole) is one that includes replacement of a native or originalamino acid with an amino acid that has at least one side chain that isrecessed from the interface of the second polypeptide and thus is ableto accommodate a corresponding protuberance from the interface of afirst polypeptide. Most often, the replacement amino acid is one whichhas a smaller side chain volume than the original amino acid residue.One of skill in the art knows how to determine and/or assess theproperties of amino acid residues to identify those that are idealreplacement residues for the formation of a cavity. Generally, thereplacement residues for the formation of a cavity are naturallyoccurring amino acids and include, for example, alanine (A), serine (S),threonine (T) and valine (V). In some examples, the original amino acididentified for replacement is an amino acid that has a large side chainsuch as, for example, tyrosine, arginine, phenylalanine, or tryptophan.

The CH3 interface of human IgG1, for example, involves sixteen residueson each domain located on four anti-parallel β-strands which buries 1090A2 from each surface (see e.g., Deisenhofer et al. (1981) Biochemistry,20:2361-2370; Miller et al., (1990) J Mol. Biol., 216, 965-973; Ridgwayet al., (1996) Prot. Engin., 9: 617-621; U.S. Pat. No. 5,731,168).Modifications of a CH3 domain to create protuberances or cavities aredescribed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,731,168; International PatentApplications WO98/50431 and WO 2005/063816; and Ridgway et al., (1996)Prot. Engin., 9: 617-621. In some examples, modifications of a CH3domain to create protuberances or cavities are typically targeted toresidues located on the two central anti-parallel β-strands. The aim isto minimize the risk that the protuberances which are created can beaccommodated by protruding into the surrounding solvent rather thanbeing accommodated by a compensatory cavity in the partner CH3 domain.

In some embodiments, the heterodimeric molecule contains a T366Wmutation in the CH3 domain of the “knobs chain” and T366S, L368A, Y407Vmutations in the CH3 domain of the “hole chain”. In some cases, anadditional interchain disulfide bridge between the CH3 domains can alsobe used (Merchant, A. M., et al., Nature Biotech. 16 (1998) 677-681)e.g. by introducing a Y349C mutation into the CH3 domain of the “knobs”or “hole” chain and a E356C mutation or a S354C mutation into the CH3domain of the other chain. In some embodiments, the heterodimericmolecule contains S354C, T366W mutations in one of the two CH3 domainsand Y349C, T366S, L368A, Y407V mutations in the other of the two CH3domains. In some embodiments, the heterodimeric molecule comprisesE356C, T366W mutations in one of the two CH3 domains and Y349C, T366S,L368A, Y407V mutations in the other of the two CH3 domains. In someembodiments, the heterodimeric molecule comprises Y349C, T366W mutationsin one of the two CH3 domains and E356C, T366S, L368A, Y407V mutationsin the other of the two CH3 domains. In some embodiments, theheterodimeric molecule comprises Y349C, T366W mutations in one of thetwo CH3 domains and S354C, T366S, L368A, Y407V mutations in the other ofthe two CH3 domains. Examples of other knobs-in-holes technologies areknown in the art, e.g. as described by EP 1 870 459 A1.

In some embodiments, an Fc variant containing CH3 protuberance (knob) orcavity (hole) modifications can be joined to a multi-domainimmunomodulatory polypeptide anywhere, but typically via its N- orC-terminus, to the N- or C-terminus of the one or more ARBM or IRBM,such as to form a fusion polypeptide. The linkage can be direct orindirect via a linker. Typically, a knob and hole molecule is generatedby co-expression of a first stacked immunomodulatory polypeptide linkedto an Fc variant containing CH3 protuberance modification(s) with asecond stacked immunomodulatory polypeptide linked to an Fc variantcontaining CH3 cavity modification(s). In some embodiments, the knob orhold Fc region lacks the C-terminal lysine corresponding to position 232of the wild-type or unmodified Fc set forth in SEQ ID NO: 187(corresponding to K447del by EU numbering). Exemplary sequences for knoband hole Fc polypeptides are set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1153, 1154, 2558,and 2559. In some embodiments, a heterodimeric stack molecule contains afirst Fc polypeptide fusion containing an Fc region (knob) and a firstvariant polypeptide and/or second IgSF domain (e.g. second variant IgSFdomain) and a second Fc polypeptide fusion containing an Fc region(hole) contains a stuffer sequence HMSSVSAQ (SEQ ID NO:1156) immediatelypreceding both Fc regions of the first and second Fc polypeptide fusion.

In some embodiments, the Fc region of each polypeptide of a heterodimerincludes a mutation to altered charge polarity across the Fc dimerinterface such that coexpression of electrostatically matched Fc chainssupport favorable attractive interactions thereby promoting desired Fcheterodimer formation, whereas unfavorable repulsive charge interactionssuppress unwanted Fc homodimer formation (Guneskaran et al. (2010) JBC,285: 19637-19646). In some embodiments, at least one polypeptidecontaining an ARBM and/or IRBM is linked directly or indirectly to an Fccontaining mutations to positively charged residues (e.g. E356K, E357Kand/or D399K by EU numbering; designated K chain set forth), such as setforth in SEQ ID NO:2544. In such embodiments, the other polypeptide ofthe heterodimer containing an ARBM and/or IRBM is linked directly orindirectly to an Fc containing mutations to negatively charged residues(e.g. K370D, K392D and K409D by EU numbering; designated D chain), suchas set forth in SEQ ID NO:2545. When co-expressed in a cell, associationbetween the K and D chains is possible but the chains do notsubstantially self-associate due to charge repulsion.

In some embodiments, any of the above mutations in an Fc backbone can bemade in an allotype containing residues Glu (E) and Met (M) at positions356 and 358.

In some embodiments, the Fc region of the heterodimeric moleculeadditionally can contain one or more other Fc mutation, such as anydescribed above. In some embodiments, the heterodimer molecule containsan Fc region with a mutation that reduces effector function. In someembodiments, such Fc regions contain mutations C220S, L234A, L235Eand/or G237A by EU numbering.

In some embodiments, the wild-type IgG1 Fc can be the Fc set forth inSEQ ID NO: 187 having an allotype containing residues Glu (E) and Met(M) at positions 356 and 358 by EU numbering. In other embodiments, thewild-type IgG1 Fc contains amino acids of the human G1m1 allotype, suchas residues containing Asp (D) and Leu (L) at positions 356 and 358,e.g. as set forth in SEQ ID NO:3538. Thus, in some cases, an Fc providedherein can contain amino acid substitutions E356D and M358L toreconstitute residues of allotype G1 ml. In some aspects, a wild-type Fcis modified by one or more amino acid substitutions to reduce effectoractivity or to render the Fc inert for Fc effector function. Exemplaryeffectorless or inert mutations include those described herein. Amongeffectorless mutations that can be included in an Fc of constructsprovided herein are L234A, L235E and G237A by EU numbering. In someembodiments, a wild-type Fc is further modified by the removal of one ormore cysteine residue, such as by replacement of the cysteine residuesto a serine residue at position 220 (C220S) by EU numbering. Exemplaryinert Fc regions having reduced effector function are set forth in SEQID NO: 1158 and SEQ ID NO:3579, which are based on allotypes set forthin SEQ ID NO:187 or SEQ ID NO: 3538, respectively. In some embodiments,an Fc region used in a construct provided herein can further lack aC-terminal lysine residue.

In some configurations, a first and second polypeptide of aheterodimeric Fc fusion protein can be linked to a moiety for detectionand/or purification. In some aspects, the first and second polypeptideare linked to different tags or moieties. In some aspects, the tag ormoiety of the first and second polypeptide is independently selectedfrom a poly-histidine tag (HHHHHH; SEQ ID NO: 2011), a flag-tag(DYKDDDDK; SEQ ID NO: 2010), a Myc-tag, or fluorescent protein-tags(e.g., EGFP, set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 3042, 3049, or 3243). In someexamples, the first polypeptide containing an ARBM and the secondpolypeptide containing an IRBM each further contain a moiety fordetection and/or purification, such as a poly-histidine tag (HHHHHH; SEQID NO: 2011) and/or a flag-tag (DYKDDDDK; SEQ ID NO: 2010).

In some embodiments, the ARBM and/or IRBM is directly linked to the Fcsequence. In some embodiments, the ARBM and/or IRBM is indirectly linkedto the Fc sequence, such as via a linker. In some embodiments, one ormore “peptide linkers” link the ARBM and/or IRBM and the Fc domain. Insome embodiments, a peptide linker can be a single amino acid residue orgreater in length. In some embodiments, the peptide linker has at leastone amino acid residue but is no more than 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14,13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 amino acid residues inlength. Exemplary linkers are set forth in subsection “Linker.”

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein forms a multimer,e.g., a dimer. In some embodiments, the dimer is a homodimer in whichthe two polypeptides of the immunomodoulatory protein are the same. Insome embodiments, the dimer is a heterodimer in which the twopolypeptides of the immunomodoulatory protein are different.

In some embodiment, individual polypeptide of a multi-domain polypeptideor individual polypeptides of a single-domain polypeptide are linked toa multimerization domain that forms an immimmunomodulatory protein is atrimer, tetramer or pentamer. In some embodiments, the individualpolypeptides of such a molecule are the same. In some embodiments, sucha multimerization domain is a cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP)assembly domain, a vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP)tetramerization domain or a ZymoZipper (ZZ) 12.6 domain.

In some embodiments, the multimerization domain is a portion of thecartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) assembly domain (Voulgarakiet al., Immunology (2005) 115(3):337-346. In some examples, the COMP isor contains an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3503 (e.g.amino acids 29-72 of the full length COMP, Uniprot accession numberP49747) or a sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQ IDNO: 3503.

In some embodiments, the multimerization domain is avasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) tetramerization domain(Bachmann et al., J Biol Chem (1999) 274(33):23549-23557). In someembodiments, the VASP is or contains an amino acid sequence as set forthin SEQ ID NO: 3504 (e.g. amino acids 343-375 of the full length VASP;Uniprot accession number P50552) or a sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%,88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or moresequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3504.

In some embodiments, the multimerization domain is a ZymoZipper (ZZ)12.6 domain. In some embodiments, the ZZ domain is or contains an aminoacid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3505 (See U.S. Pat. No.7,655,439) or a sequence that has 85%, 85%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%,92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or more sequence identity to SEQID NO: 3505.

Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding the immunomodulatoryprotein. In some embodiments, for production of immunomodulatoryprotein, a nucleic acid molecule encoding the immunomodulatory proteinis inserted into an appropriate expression vector. The resultingimmunomodulatory protein can be expressed in host cells transformed withthe expression where assembly between Fc domains occurs by interchaindisulfide bonds formed between the Fc moieties to yield dimeric, such asdivalent, immunomodulatory proteins.

The resulting immunomodulatory protein containing an ARBM, IRBM, and Fc,can be easily purified by affinity chromatography over Protein A orProtein G columns. For the generation of heterodimers, additional stepsfor purification can be necessary. For example, where two nucleic acidsencoding different immunomodulatory proteins are transformed into cells,the formation of heterodimers must be biochemically achieved sinceimmunomodulatory protein carrying the Fc-domain will be expressed asdisulfide-linked homodimers as well. Thus, homodimers can be reducedunder conditions that favor the disruption of interchain disulfides, butdo no effect intra-chain disulfides. In some cases, differentimmunomodulatory protein monomers are mixed in equimolar amounts andoxidized to form a mixture of homo- and heterodimers. The components ofthis mixture are separated by chromatographic techniques. Alternatively,the formation of this type of heterodimer can be biased by geneticallyengineering and expressing immunomodulatory proteins containing Fcfusion molecules that contain one or more ARBM and/or IRBM usingknob-into-hole methods described below.

c. Tags or Moieties

In some embodiments, the one or more polypeptides containing an ARBMand/or IRBM in the provided immunomodulatory proteins can furtherinclude a tag or moiety. In some embodiments, the further moiety is aprotein, peptide, small molecule or nucleic acid. In some cases, theimmunomodulatory protein is linked, directly or indirectly to more thanone further moiety, such as 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, further moieties.

In some embodiments, the moiety is a half-life extending molecule.Exemplary of such half-life extending molecules include, but are notlimited to, albumin, an albumin-binding polypeptide, Pro/Ala/Ser (PAS),a C-terminal peptide (CTP) of the beta subunit of human chorionicgonadotropin, polyethylene glycol (PEG), long unstructured hydrophilicsequences of amino acids (XTEN), hydroxyethyl starch (HES), analbumin-binding small molecule, or a combination thereof.

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory polypeptide comprising an ARBMand/or IRBM can include conformationally disordered polypeptidesequences composed of the amino acids Pro, Ala, and Ser (See e.g.,WO2008/155134, SEQ ID NO: 904). In some cases, the amino acid repeat isat least 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 or more amino acid residues,wherein each repeat comprises (an) Ala, Ser, and Pro residue(s). Thus,provided herein is an immunomodulatory protein is a PASylated proteinwherein the ARBM and/or IRBM are linked, directly or indirectly via alinker, to Pro/Ala/Ser (PAS). In some embodiments, one or moreadditional linker structures may be used.

In some embodiments, the moiety facilitates detection or purification ofthe immunomodulatory protein. In some cases, the immunomodulatoryprotein, such as at least one of or each polypeptide of a multimer (e.g.dimer, trimer, tetramer, or pentamer) thereof, comprises a tag ormoiety, e.g. affinity or purification tag, linked. In some aspects, sucha tag or moiety can be linked directly or indirectly via a linker to theN- and/or c-terminus of the polypeptide. Various suitable polypeptidetags and/or fusion domains are known, and include but are not limitedto, a poly-histidine (His) tag, a FLAG-tag (SEQ ID NO: 2010), a Myc-tag,and fluorescent protein-tags (e.g., EGFP, set forth in SEQ ID NOs:3042,3049, or 3243). In some cases, the tag is a His tag containing at leastsix histidine residues (set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2011).

In some cases, the immunomodulatory protein comprising an ARBM and IRBMfurther comprises various combinations of moieties. For example, theimmunomodulatory protein comprising an ARBM or IRBM further comprisesone or more polyhistidine-tag and FLAG tag. In some cases, thecombination of moieties, such as two or more moieties, can be includedon the same polypeptide. In some cases, the combination of moieties,such as two or more moieties, can be included on different polypeptide,such as in connection with embodiments relating to heterodimericimmunomodulatory polypeptides.

IV. NUCLEIC ACIDS, VECTORS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE POLYPEPTIDES ORCELLS

Provided herein are isolated or recombinant nucleic acids collectivelyreferred to as “nucleic acids” which encode any of the immunomodulatoryproteins provided herein. In some embodiments, nucleic acids providedherein, including all described below, are useful in recombinantproduction (e.g., expression) of immunomodulatory proteins providedherein. In some embodiments, nucleic acids provided herein, includingall described below, are useful in expression of multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins provided herein in cells, such as inengineered cells, e.g. immune cells, or infectious agent cells. Thenucleic acids provided herein can be in the form of RNA or in the formof DNA, and include mRNA, cRNA, recombinant or synthetic RNA and DNA,and cDNA. The nucleic acids provided herein are typically DNA molecules,and usually double-stranded DNA molecules. However, single-stranded DNA,single-stranded RNA, double-stranded RNA, and hybrid DNA/RNA nucleicacids or combinations thereof comprising any of the nucleotide sequencesof the invention also are provided.

Also provided herein are recombinant expression vectors and recombinanthost cells useful in producing the multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins provided herein.

Also provided herein are engineered cells, such as engineered immunecells, containing any of the provided nucleic acids or encodedmulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins, such as any of the transmembraneimmunomodulatory polypeptides or secretable immunomodulatorypolypeptides.

Also provided herein are infectious agents, such as bacterial or viralcells, containing any of the provided nucleic acids or encodedmulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins, such as any of the secretableimmunomodulatory polypeptides.

In any of the above provided embodiments, the nucleic acids encoding theimmunomodulatory polypeptides provided herein can be introduced intocells using recombinant DNA and cloning techniques. To do so, arecombinant DNA molecule encoding an immunomodulatory polypeptide isprepared. Methods of preparing such DNA molecules are well known in theart. For instance, sequences coding for the peptides could be excisedfrom DNA using suitable restriction enzymes. Alternatively, the DNAmolecule could be synthesized using chemical synthesis techniques, suchas the phosphoramidite method. Also, a combination of these techniquescould be used. In some instances, a recombinant or synthetic nucleicacid may be generated through polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In someembodiments, a DNA insert can be generated encoding one or moremulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins containing at least oneaffinity-modified IgSF domain and, in some embodiments, a signalpeptide, a transmembrane domain and/or an endodomain in accord with theprovided description. This DNA insert can be cloned into an appropriatetransduction/transfection vector as is known to those of skill in theart. Also provided are expression vectors containing the nucleic acidmolecules.

In some embodiments, the expression vectors are capable of expressingthe immunomodulatory proteins in an appropriate cell under conditionssuited to expression of the protein. In some aspects, nucleic acidmolecule or an expression vector comprises the DNA molecule that encodesthe immunomodulatory protein operatively linked to appropriateexpression control sequences. Methods of effecting this operativelinking, either before or after the DNA molecule is inserted into thevector, are well known. Expression control sequences include promoters,activators, enhancers, operators, ribosomal binding sites, startsignals, stop signals, cap signals, polyadenylation signals, and othersignals involved with the control of transcription or translation.

In some embodiments, expression of the immunomodulatory protein iscontrolled by a promoter or enhancer to control or regulate expression.The promoter is operably linked to the portion of the nucleic acidmolecule encoding the variant polypeptide or immunomodulatory protein.In some embodiments, the promotor is a constitutively active promotor(such as a tissue-specific constitutively active promotor or otherconstitutive promotor). In some embodiments, the promoter is a tissue-or cell-specific promoter to restrict expression to specific cell types(e.g., T cells) or tissues. In some embodiments the nucleic acidmolecule includes tissue-specific promoters and enhancers. Exemplarytissue-specific promoters, target tissues and autoimmune diseasesassociated with the specified target tissue(s) are set forth in Table11.

TABLE 11 Tissue-specific promoters Promoter Target tissue DiseaseSalivary gland amylase promoter Salivary gland; Sjogren's syndromeEpithelial cells acinar Kallikrein promoter Salivary gland; Sjogren'ssyndrome Epithelial cells ductal Involucrin promoter KeratinocyteScleroderma Keratin 14 promoter Basal layer of Scleroderma epidermisMurine albumin gene Liver (hepatocytes) Diabetes and other autoimmunediseases L-type pyruvate kinase promoter Liver (hepatocytes) Diabetesand other autoimmune diseases Rat insulin promoter Pancreatic β-isletcells Diabetes Collagen II promoter Joints (chondrocytes) RheumatoidArthritis Human glial fibrillary acidic protein Brain (astrocytes)Multiple Sclerosis promoter Neuron-specific enolase promoter Brain(neurones) Multiple Sclerosis Targeting immune cells Interleukin-2promoter Activated T cells All autoimmune diseases MHC-II specificHLA-DRα promoter APC All autoimmune diseases Dectin-2 promoterLangerhans cells; All autoimmune (Dendritic cells) diseases GATA-1enhancer + lentiviral LTR Erythroid cells All autoimmune diseases

In some embodiments, the promotor is an inducible promotor, which may beresponsive to an inducing agent (such as a T cell activation signal) ora condition of a targeted environment, such as hypoxia.

In some embodiments the nucleic acid molecule includes acondition-dependent promoter. In such embodiments a promoter is selectedto regulate gene expression in a disease-related manner. Exemplarycondition-dependent promoters include hypoxic gene regulatory systemsthat utilize one or more hypoxic response elements (HRE) andtranscription mediated by the transcription factor HIF-1, which isassembled under hypoxic conditions, such as during inflammation, e.g.,in inflamed joints. In some embodiments, glucose or insulin-responsivepromoters or elements, such as glucose response elements (GRE) and/orinsulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 basal promoter, can beincluded in the provided nucleic acid molecules, for use oradministration, for example, to patients with a glucose-relateddisorder, such as diabetes.

In some embodiments, a constitutive promoter is operatively linked tothe nucleic acid molecule encoding the variant polypeptide orimmunomodulatory protein. Exemplary constitutive promoters include theSimian vacuolating virus 40 (SV40) promoter, the cytomegalovirus (CMV)promoter, the ubiquitin C (UbC) promoter, and the EF-1 alpha (EF1a)promoter. In some embodiments, the constitutive promoter is tissuespecific. For example, in some embodiments, the promoter allows forconstitutive expression of the immunomodulatory protein in specifictissues, such as immune cells, lymphocytes, or T cells. Exemplarytissue-specific promoters are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,998,205,including, for example, a fetoprotein, DF3, tyrosinase, CEA, surfactantprotein, and ErbB2 promoters.

In some embodiments, an inducible promoter is operatively linked to thenucleic acid molecule encoding the variant polypeptide orimmunomodulatory protein such that expression of the nucleic acid iscontrollable by controlling the presence or absence of the appropriateinducer of transcription. For example, the promoter can be a regulatedpromoter and transcription factor expression system, such as thepublished tetracycline-regulated systems or other regulatable systems(see, e.g. published International PCT Appl. No. WO 01/30843), to allowregulated expression of the encoded polypeptide. An exemplaryregulatable promoter system is the Tet-On (and Tet-Off) systemavailable, for example, from Clontech (Palo Alto, Calif.). This promotersystem allows the regulated expression of the transgene controlled bytetracycline or tetracycline derivatives, such as doxycycline. Otherregulatable promoter systems are known (see e.g., published U.S.Application No. 2002-0168714, entitled “Regulation of Gene ExpressionUsing Single-Chain, Monomeric, Ligand Dependent Polypeptide Switches,”which describes gene switches that contain ligand binding domains andtranscriptional regulating domains, such as those from hormonereceptors). Other exemplary inducible promoters of the tetracyclinesystems include repressor (tetR), rapamycin, ecdysone, mifepristone, andstreptogramin systems.

In some embodiments, the promotor is responsive to an element responsiveto T-cell activation signaling. Solely by way of example, in someembodiments, an engineered T cell comprises an expression vectorencoding the immunomodulatory protein and a promotor operatively linkedto control expression of the immunomodulatory protein. The engineered Tcell can be activated, for example by signaling through an engineered Tcell receptor (TCR) or a chimeric antigen rector (CAR), and therebytriggering expression and secretion of the immunomodulatory proteinthrough the responsive promotor.

In some embodiments, an inducible promoter is operatively linked to thenucleic acid molecule encoding the immunomodulatory protein such thatthe immunomodulatory protein is expressed in response to a nuclearfactor of activated T-cells (NFAT) or nuclear factor kappa-light-chainenhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB). For example, in some embodiments,the inducible promoter comprises a binding site for NFAT or NF-κB. Forexample, in some embodiments, the promoter is an NFAT or NF-κB promoteror a functional variant thereof. Thus, in some embodiments, the nucleicacids make it possible to control the expression of immunomodulatoryprotein while also reducing or eliminating the toxicity of theimmunomodulatory protein. In particular, engineered immune cellscomprising the nucleic acids of the invention express and secrete theimmunomodulatory protein only when the cell (e.g., a T-cell receptor(TCR) or a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) expressed by the cell) isspecifically stimulated by an antigen and/or the cell (e.g., the calciumsignaling pathway of the cell) is non-specifically stimulated by, e.g.,phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)/Ionomycin. Accordingly, the expressionand, in some cases, secretion, of immunomodulatory protein can becontrolled to occur only when and where it is needed (e.g., in thepresence of an infectious disease-causing agent, cancer, or at a tumorsite), which can decrease or avoid undesired immunomodulatory proteininteractions.

In some embodiments, the nucleic acid encoding an immunomodulatoryprotein described herein comprises a suitable nucleotide sequence thatencodes a NFAT promoter, NF-κB promoter, or a functional variantthereof. “NFAT promoter” as used herein means one or more NFATresponsive elements linked to a minimal promoter. “NF-κB promoter”refers to one or more NF-κB responsive elements linked to a minimalpromoter. In some embodiments, the minimal promoter of a gene is aminimal human IL-2 promoter or a CMV promoter. The NFAT responsiveelements may comprise, e.g., NFAT1, NFAT2, NFAT3, and/or NFAT4responsive elements. The NFAT promoter, NF-κB promoter, or a functionalvariant thereof may comprise any number of binding motifs, e.g., atleast two, at least three, at least four, at least five, or at leastsix, at least seven, at least eight, at least nine, at least ten, atleast eleven, or up to twelve binding motifs.

The resulting recombinant expression vector having the DNA moleculethereon is used to transform an appropriate host. This transformationcan be performed using methods well known in the art. In someembodiments, a nucleic acid provided herein further comprises nucleotidesequence that encodes a secretory or signal peptide operably linked tothe nucleic acid encoding an immunomodulatory polypeptide such that aresultant soluble immunomodulatory polypeptide is recovered from theculture medium, host cell, or host cell periplasm. In other embodiments,the appropriate expression control signals are chosen to allow formembrane expression of an immunomodulatory polypeptide. Furthermore,commercially available kits as well as contract manufacturing companiescan also be utilized to make engineered cells or recombinant host cellsprovided herein.

In some embodiments, the resulting expression vector having the DNAmolecule thereon is used to transform, such as transduce, an appropriatecell. The introduction can be performed using methods well known in theart. Exemplary methods include those for transfer of nucleic acidsencoding the receptors, including via viral, e.g., retroviral orlentiviral, transduction, transposons, and electroporation. In someembodiments, the expression vector is a viral vector. In someembodiments, the nucleic acid is transferred into cells by lentiviral orretroviral transduction methods.

Any of a large number of publicly available and well-known mammalianhost cells, including mammalian T-cells or APCs, can be used in thepreparing the polypeptides or engineered cells. The selection of a cellis dependent upon a number of factors recognized by the art. Theseinclude, for example, compatibility with the chosen expression vector,toxicity of the peptides encoded by the DNA molecule, rate oftransformation, ease of recovery of the peptides, expressioncharacteristics, bio-safety and costs. A balance of these factors mustbe struck with the understanding that not all cells can be equallyeffective for the expression of a particular DNA sequence.

In some embodiments, the host cells can be a variety of eukaryoticcells, such as in yeast cells, or with mammalian cells such as Chinesehamster ovary (CHO) or HEK293 cells. In some embodiments, the host cellis a suspension cell and the polypeptide is engineered or produced incultured suspension, such as in cultured suspension CHO cells, e.g.CHO-S cells. In some examples, the cell line is a CHO cell line that isdeficient in DHFR (DHFR-), such as DG44 and DUXB11. In some embodiments,the cell is deficient in glutamine synthase (GS), e.g. CHO-S cells,CHOK1 SV cells, and CHOZN((R)) GS−/− cells. In some embodiments, the CHOcells, such as suspension CHO cells, may be CHO-S-2H2 cells, CHO-S-clone14 cells, or ExpiCHO-S cells.

In some embodiments, host cells can also be prokaryotic cells, such aswith E. coli. The transformed recombinant host is cultured underpolypeptide expressing conditions, and then purified to obtain a solubleprotein. Recombinant host cells can be cultured under conventionalfermentation conditions so that the desired polypeptides are expressed.Such fermentation conditions are well known in the art. Finally, thepolypeptides provided herein can be recovered and purified fromrecombinant cell cultures by any of a number of methods well known inthe art, including ammonium sulfate or ethanol precipitation, acidextraction, anion or cation exchange chromatography, phosphocellulosechromatography, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, and affinitychromatography. Protein refolding steps can be used, as desired, incompleting configuration of the mature protein. Finally, highperformance liquid chromatography (HPLC) can be employed in the finalpurification steps.

In some embodiments, the cell is an immune cell, such as any describedabove in connection with preparing engineered cells. In someembodiments, such engineered cells are primary cells. In someembodiments, the engineered cells are autologous to the subject. In someembodiment, the engineered cells are allogeneic to the subject. In someembodiments, the engineered cells are obtained from a subject, such asby leukapheresis, and transformed ex vivo for expression of theimmunomodulatory polypeptide, e.g. transmembrane immunomodulatorypolypeptide or secretable immunomodulatory polypeptide.

Also provided are nucleic acids encoding any of the variantimmunomodulatory polypeptides contained in infectious agents describedherein. In some embodiments, the infectious agents deliver the nucleicacids to a cell in the subject, and/or permit expression of the encodedvariant polypeptides in the cell. Also provided are nucleic acids thatare used to generate, produce or modify such infectious agents. Forexample, in some embodiments, provided are vectors and/or plasmids thatcontain nucleic acids encoding the variant immunomodulatorypolypeptides, for generation of the infectious agents, delivery to thecells in a subject and/or expression of the variant immunomodulatorypolypeptides in the cells in the subject.

In some embodiments, the provided nucleic acids are recombinant viral orbacterial vectors containing nucleic acid sequences encoding the variantimmunomodulatory polypeptides. In some embodiments, the recombinantvectors can be used to produce an infectious agent that contains nucleicacid sequences encoding the variant immunomodulatory polypeptides and/orto be delivered to a target cell in the subject for expression by thetarget cell. In some embodiments, the recombinant vector is anexpression vector. In some embodiments, the recombinant vector includesappropriate sequences necessary for generation and/or production of theinfectious agent and expression in the target cell.

In some embodiments, the recombinant vector is a plasmid or cosmid.Plasmid or cosmid containing nucleic acid sequences encoding the variantimmunomodulatory polypeptides, as described herein, is readilyconstructed using standard techniques well known in the art. Forgeneration of the infectious agent, the vector or genome can beconstructed in a plasmid form that can then be transfected into apackaging or producer cell line or a host bacterium. The recombinantvectors can be generated using any of the recombinant techniques knownin the art. In some embodiments, the vectors can include a prokaryoticorigin of replication and/or a gene whose expression confers adetectable or selectable marker such as a drug resistance forpropagation and/or selection in prokaryotic systems.

In some embodiments, the recombinant vector is a viral vector. Exemplaryrecombinant viral vectors include a lentiviral vector genome, poxvirusvector genome, vaccinia virus vector genome, adenovirus vector genome,adenovirus-associated virus vector genome, herpes virus vector genome,and alpha virus vector genome. Viral vectors can be live, attenuated,replication conditional or replication deficient, non-pathogenic(defective), replication competent viral vector, and/or is modified toexpress a heterologous gene product, e.g., the variant immunomodulatorypolypeptides provided herein. Vectors for generation of viruses also canbe modified to alter attenuation of the virus, which includes any methodof increasing or decreasing the transcriptional or translational load.

Exemplary viral vectors that can be used include modified vaccinia virusvectors (see, e.g., Guerra et al., J. Virol. 80:985-98 (2006); Tartagliaet al., AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 8: 1445-47 (1992); Gheradiet al., J. Gen. Virol. 86:2925-36 (2005); Mayr et al., Infection 3:6-14(1975); Hu et al., J. Virol. 75: 10300-308 (2001); U.S. Pat. Nos.5,698,530, 6,998,252, 5,443,964, 7,247,615 and 7,368,116); adenovirusvector or adenovirus-associated virus vectors (see, e.g., Molin et al.,J. Virol. 72:8358-61 (1998); Narumi et al., Am J. Respir. Cell Mol.Biol. 19:936-41 (1998); Mercier et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA101:6188-93 (2004); U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,143,290; 6,596,535; 6,855,317;6,936,257; 7,125,717; 7,378,087; 7,550,296); retroviral vectorsincluding those based upon murine leukemia virus (MuLV), gibbon apeleukemia virus (GaLV), ecotropic retroviruses, simian immunodeficiencyvirus (SIV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and combinations (see,e.g., Buchscher et al., J. Virol. 66:2731-39 (1992); Johann et al., J.Virol. 66: 1635-40 (1992); Sommerfelt et al., Virology 176:58-59 (1990);Wilson et al., J. Virol. 63:2374-78 (1989); Miller et al., J. Virol.65:2220-24 (1991); Miller et al., Mol. Cell Biol. 10:4239 (1990);Kolberg, NIH Res. 4:43 1992; Cornetta et al., Hum. Gene Ther. 2:215(1991)); lentiviral vectors including those based upon HumanImmunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1), HIV-2, feline immunodeficiency virus(FIV), equine infectious anemia virus, Simian Immunodeficiency Virus(SIV), and maedi/visna virus (see, e.g., Pfeifer et al., Annu. Rev.Genomics Hum. Genet. 2: 177-211 (2001); Zufferey et al., J. Virol. 72:9873, 1998; Miyoshi et al., J. Virol. 72:8150, 1998; Philpott andThrasher, Human Gene Therapy 18:483, 2007; Engelman et al., J. Virol.69: 2729, 1995; Nightingale et al., Mol. Therapy, 13: 1121, 2006; Brownet al., J. Virol. 73:9011 (1999); WO 2009/076524; WO 2012/141984; WO2016/011083; McWilliams et al., J. Virol. 77: 11150, 2003; Powell etal., J. Virol. 70:5288, 1996) or any, variants thereof, and/or vectorsthat can be used to generate any of the viruses described above. In someembodiments, the recombinant vector can include regulatory sequences,such as promoter or enhancer sequences, that can regulate the expressionof the viral genome, such as in the case for RNA viruses, in thepackaging cell line (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,385,839 and 5,168,062).

In some embodiments, the recombinant vector is an expression vector,e.g., an expression vector that permits expression of the encoded geneproduct when delivered into the target cell, e.g., a cell in thesubject, e.g., a tumor cell, an immune cell and/or an APC. In someembodiments, the recombinant expression vectors contained in theinfectious agent are capable of expressing the immunomodulatory proteinsin the target cell in the subject, under conditions suited to expressionof the protein.

In some aspects, nucleic acids or an expression vector comprises anucleic acid sequence that encodes the immunomodulatory proteinoperatively linked to appropriate expression control sequences. Methodsof affecting this operative linking, either before or after the nucleicacid sequence encoding the immunomodulatory protein is inserted into thevector, are well known. Expression control sequences include promoters,activators, enhancers, operators, ribosomal binding sites, startsignals, stop signals, cap signals, polyadenylation signals, and othersignals involved with the control of transcription or translation. Thepromoter can be operably linked to the portion of the nucleic acidsequence encoding the immunomodulatory protein. In some embodiments, thepromotor is a constitutively active promotor in the target cell (such asa tissue-specific constitutively active promotor or other constitutivepromotor). For example, the recombinant expression vector may alsoinclude, lymphoid tissue-specific transcriptional regulatory elements(TRE) such as a B lymphocyte, T lymphocyte, or dendritic cell specificTRE. Lymphoid tissue specific TRE are known in the art (see, e.g.,Thompson et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 12:1043-53 (1992); Todd et al., J.Exp. Med. 177:1663-74 (1993); Penix et al., J. Exp. Med. 178:1483-96(1993)). In some embodiments, the promotor is an inducible promotor,which may be responsive to an inducing agent (such as a T cellactivation signal). In some embodiments, nucleic acids delivered to thetarget cell in the subject, e.g., immune cell, cell localized to aninflammatory environment, and/or APC, can be operably linked to any ofthe regulatory elements described above.

In some embodiments, the vector is a bacterial vector, e.g., a bacterialplasmid or cosmid. In some embodiments, the bacterial vector isdelivered to the target cell, e.g., immune cells, cells localized to aninflammatory environment, and/or APCs, via bacterial-mediated transferof plasmid DNA to mammalian cells (also referred to as “bactofection”).In some embodiments, the delivered bacterial vector also containsappropriate expression control sequences for expression in the targetcells, such as a promoter sequence and/or enhancer sequences, or anyregulatory or control sequences described above. In some embodiments,the bacterial vector contains appropriate expression control sequencesfor expression and/or secretion of the encoded variant polypeptides inthe infectious agent, e.g., the bacterium.

In some embodiments, polypeptides provided herein can also be made bysynthetic methods. Solid phase synthesis is the preferred technique ofmaking individual peptides since it is the most cost-effective method ofmaking small peptides. For example, well known solid phase synthesistechniques include the use of protecting groups, linkers, and solidphase supports, as well as specific protection and deprotection reactionconditions, linker cleavage conditions, use of scavengers, and otheraspects of solid phase peptide synthesis. Peptides can then be assembledinto the polypeptides as provided herein.

V. ENGINEERED CELLS AND INFECTIOUS AGENTS EXPRESSING THEIMMUNOMODULATORY PROTEINS

Provided herein are engineered cells and infectious agents that expressthe provided multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins. In someembodiments, provided are engineered cells that contain nucleic acid(s)encoding any of the multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins providedherein. Also provided are infectious agents that contain nucleic acidsencoding any of the multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins. In someembodiments, such infectious agents can deliver the nucleic acidsencoding the multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins described herein toa target cell in a subject, e.g., immune cell and/or antigen-presentingcell (APC) or tumor cell in a subject. In some embodiments, theexpressed immunomodulatory protein is a secretable protein that isexpressed and secreted from the cell or infectious agent. Also providedare nucleic acids contained in such engineered cells and infectiousagents, and/or nucleic acids for generation or modification of suchengineered cells or infectious agents, such as vectors and/or plasmids,and compositions containing such engineered cells or infectious agents.

A. Secreted Immunomodulatory Proteins

In some embodiments, the multi-domain immunomodulatory protein issecretable, such as when expressed from a cell or when expressed by acell infected by an infectious agent. In some embodiments, such asecretable immunomodulatory protein does not comprise a transmembranedomain or a cytoplasmic signaling domain. In some embodiments, theimmunomodulatory protein is not conjugated to a half-life extendingmoiety (such as an Fc domain or a multimerization domain). In someembodiments, the immunomodulatory protein comprises a signal peptide,such as an antibody signal peptide or other efficient signal sequence toget domains outside of cell. When the immunomodulatory protein comprisesa signal peptide and is expressed by an engineered cell or a cellinfected by an infectious agent, the signal peptide causes theimmunomodulatory protein to be secreted by the cell. Generally, thesignal peptide, or a portion of the signal peptide, is cleaved from theimmunomodulatory protein with secretion. The immunomodulatory proteincan be encoded by a nucleic acid (which can be part of an expressionvector). In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein is expressedand secreted by a cell (such as an immune cell, for example a primaryimmune cell).

Thus, in some embodiments, there are provided multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins that further comprise a signal peptide. Insome embodiments, provided herein is a nucleic acid molecule encodingthe multi-domain immunomodulatory protein operably connected to asecretion sequence encoding the signal peptide. In some embodiments, theencoded immunomodulatory protein is secreted when expressed from a cell.

A signal peptide is a sequence on the N-terminus of an immunomodulatoryprotein that signals secretion of the immunomodulatory protein from acell. In some embodiments, the signal peptide is about 5 to about 40amino acids in length (such as about 5 to about 7, about 7 to about 10,about 10 to about 15, about 15 to about 20, about 20 to about 25, orabout 25 to about 30, about 30 to about 35, or about 35 to about 40amino acids in length).

In some embodiments, the signal peptide is a native signal peptide fromone of the corresponding native IgSF family members of the multi-domainimmunomodulatory protein (see Table 1, Table 6A or Table 6B). In someembodiments, the signal peptide is a non-native signal peptide. In someembodiments, the non-native signal peptide is a signal peptide or mutantthereof of a family member from the same IgSF family as the wild-typeIgSF family member. In some embodiments, the non-native signal peptideis a signal peptide or mutant thereof from an IgSF family member from adifferent IgSF family that the wild-type IgSF family member. In someembodiments, the signal peptide is a signal peptide or mutant thereoffrom a non-IgSF protein family, such as a signal peptide from animmunoglobulin (such as IgG heavy chain or IgG-kappa light chain), acytokine (such as interleukin-2 (IL-2), or CD33), a serum albuminprotein (e.g. HSA or albumin), a human azurocidin preprotein signalsequence, a luciferase, a trypsinogen (e.g. chymotrypsinogen ortrypsinogen) or other signal peptide able to efficiently secrete aprotein from a cell. Exemplary signal peptides include any described inTable 12.

TABLE 12 Exemplary Signal Peptides SEQ ID Signal Peptide NO PeptideSequence SEQ HSA MKWVTFISLLFLFSSAYS ID signal NO: peptide 221 SEQ 1gMDMRAPAGIFGFLLVLFPGYRS ID kappa NO: light 222 chain SEQ humanMTRLTVLALLAGLLASSRA ID azurocidin NO: preprotein 223 signal sequence SEQIgG MELGLSWIFLLAILKGVQC ID heavy NO: chain 224 signal peptide SEQ IgGMELGLRWVFLVAILEGVQC ID heavy NO: chain 225 signal peptide SEQ IgGMKHLWFFLLLVAAPRWVLS ID heavy NO: chain 226 signal peptide SEQ IgGMDWTWRILFLVAAATGAHS ID heavy NO: chain 227 signal peptide SEQ IgGMDWTWRFLFVVAAATGVQS ID heavy NO: chain 228 signal peptide SEQ IgGMEFGLSWLFLVAILKGVQC ID heavy NO: chain 229 signal peptide SEQ IgGMEFGLSWVFLVALFRGVQC ID heavy NO: chain 230 signal peptide SEQ IgGMDLLHKNMKHLWFFLLLVAAPRW ID heavy VLS NO: chain 231 signal peptide SEQIgG MDMRVPAQLLGLLLLWLSGARC ID Kappa NO: light 232 chain signalsequences: SEQ IgG MKYLLPTAAAGLLLLAAQPAMA ID Kappa NO: light 233 chainsignal sequences: SEQ Gaussia MGVKVLFALICIAVAEA ID luciferase NO: 234SEQ Human MKWVTFISLLFLFSSAYS ID albumin NO: 235 SEQ HumanMAFLWLLSCWALLGTTFG ID chymotrypsinogen NO: 236 SEQ Human MQLLSCIALILALVID interleukin-2 NO: 237 SEQ Human MNLLLILTFVAAAVA ID trypsinogen-2 NO:238

In some embodiments of a secretable immunomodulatory protein, theimmunomodulatory protein comprises a signal peptide when expressed, andthe signal peptide (or a portion thereof) is cleaved from theimmunomodulatory protein upon secretion from a cell.

B. Cells and Engineering Cells

Provided herein are engineered cells expressing any of the providedimmunomodulatory polypeptides. In some embodiments, the engineered cellsexpress and are capable of or are able to secrete the immunomodulatoryprotein from the cells under conditions suitable for secretion of theprotein. In some embodiments, the engineered cells can be administeredto the subject, such as for treating a disease or condition, includingany as described herein.

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory protein is expressed on or ina lymphocyte such as a tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL), T-cell or NKcell, or on a myeloid cell. In some embodiments, the engineered cellsare antigen presenting cells (APCs). In some embodiments, the engineeredcells are engineered mammalian T-cells or engineered mammalian antigenpresenting cells (APCs). In some embodiments, the engineered T-cells orAPCs are human or murine cells.

In some embodiments, engineered T-cells include, but are not limited to,regulatory T cells, T helper cells, cytotoxic T-cells (alternatively,cytotoxic T lymphocytes or CTLs), natural killer T-cells, memoryT-cells, or gamma delta T-cells. In some embodiments, the engineered Tcells are CD4+ or CD8+. In some aspects the engineered T cells can beactivated T cells. In some embodiments, the engineered T cells areregulatory T cells (Treg).

In some embodiments, the engineered cell, e.g. T cell, can furtherexpress a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or engineered T cell receptor(TCR). In some aspects, the CAR or TCR are specific for an antigenexpressed by a cell or tissue associated with a disease or condition,such as an inflammatory tissue or cell. In some cases, binding of a CARor TCR to the antigen can guide the engineered cell to the cell ortissue specific antigen and locally deliver the providedimmunomodulatory protein, e.g. secretable immunomodulatory protein.

In some embodiments, the immunomodulatory polypeptides, such assecretable immunomodulatory proteins, can be incorporated intoengineered cells, such as engineered T cells or engineered APCs, by avariety of strategies such as those employed for recombinant host cells.A variety of methods to introduce a DNA construct into primary T cellsare known in the art. In some embodiments, viral transduction or plasmidelectroporation are employed. In some embodiments, a nucleic acidencoding the immunomodulatory protein is sub-cloned into a viral vector,such as a retroviral vector, which allows expression in the hostmammalian cell. The expression vector can be introduced into a mammalianhost cell and, under host cell culture conditions, the immunomodulatoryprotein is expressed, such as is secreted, from the cell.

In an exemplary example, primary T-cells can be purified ex vivo (CD4cells or CD8 cells or both) and stimulated with an activation protocolconsisting of various TCR/CD28 agonists, such as anti-CD3/anti-CD28coated beads. After a 2 or 3 day activation process, a recombinantexpression vector containing an immunomodulatory polypeptide can bestably introduced into the primary T cells through art standardlentiviral or retroviral transduction protocols or plasmidelectroporation strategies. Cells can be monitored for immunomodulatorypolypeptide expression by, for example, flow cytometry usinganti-epitope tag or antibodies that cross-react with native parentalmolecule. T-cells that express the immunomodulatory polypeptide can beenriched through sorting with anti-epitope tag antibodies or enrichedfor high or low expression depending on the application. A compositioncontaining the engineered cell can be assessed or monitored forsecretion of the immunomodulatory protein, such as by detection in themedia or supernatant usinng an anti-eptitope tag.

C. Infectious Agent

Provided herein are infectious agents, e.g., virus or bacteria,containing nucleic acid sequences that encode any of the multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins, including secretable proteins describedherein, and by virtue of contact and/or infection of a cell, the cellexpresses, and, in some cases secretes, the multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins. In some embodiments, the infectious agent canbe administered to the subject, such as for treating a disease orcondition, including any as described herein. In some embodiments, theinfectious agent can be contacted with cells from the subject ex vivo.

In some embodiments, the infectious agent is a microorganism or amicrobe. In some embodiments, the infectious agent is a virus or abacterium. In some embodiments, the infectious agent is a virus. In someembodiments, the infectious agent is a bacterium. In some embodiments,such infectious agents can deliver nucleic acid sequences encoding anyof the multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins, including secretableproteins described herein. Thus, in some embodiments, the cell in asubject that is infected or contacted by the infectious agents can berendered to express on the cell surface or secrete, the variantimmunomodulatory polypeptides. In some embodiments, the infectious agentcan also deliver one or more other therapeutics or nucleic acidsencoding other therapeutics to the cell and/or to an environment withinthe subject. In some embodiments, other therapeutics that can bedelivered by the infectious agents include cytokines or otherimmunomodulatory molecules.

In some embodiments, the cells in the subject that are targeted by theinfectious agent include an immune cell and/or an antigen-presentingcell (APC). In some embodiments, the infectious agent delivers thenucleic acids encoding the variant polypeptides, such as multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins, including secretable immunomodulatoryproteins, to an appropriate cell (for example, a T cell that recognizespeptide/MHC on an APC such as a Treg cell) or tissue (e.g., lymphoidtissue) that modulates an immune response and/or a specificcell-medicated immune response. In some embodiments, the infectiousagent targets a T cell, such as a regulatory T cell (Treg). In someembodiments, the nucleic acid molecule delivered by the infectiousagents described herein include appropriate nucleic acid sequencesnecessary for the expression of the operably linked coding sequencesencoding the variant immunomodulatory polypeptides, in a particulartarget cell, e.g., regulatory elements such as promoters.

In some embodiments, the infectious agent that contains nucleic acidsequences encoding the immunomodulatory polypeptides can also containnucleic acid sequences that encode one or more additional gene products,e.g., cytokines, prodrug converting enzymes, cytotoxins and/ordetectable gene products. In some embodiments, the additional geneproduct can be a therapeutic gene product that can result in death ofthe target cell (e.g., immune cell) or gene products that can inhibit orsuppress or regulate an immune response (e.g., cytokine). Exemplary geneproducts also include an immunomodulatory molecule, an immune checkpointactivator, an antibody, a cytokine, a growth factor, an antigen, acytotoxic gene product, a pro-apoptotic gene product, an anti-apoptoticgene product, a cell matrix degradative gene, and other genes describedherein or known to one of skill in the art.

1. Viruses

In some embodiments, the infectious agent is a virus. In someembodiments, the infectious agent is a virus that targets particularcells, e.g., immune cells. In some embodiments, the infectious agenttargets an immune cell or a T cell.

In some embodiments, the virus is an adenovirus (Ad); adeno-associatedvirus (AAV); herpes simplex virus (HSV); retroviral vector, such asMoloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV); hybrid retrovirus (e.g.,containing various retroviral LTRs on their 5′ end, optimal forproduction of high-titer viral stocks, and spleen focus-forming virus(SFFV) LTR on 3′ end); lentiviral vector, such as human immunodeficiencyvirus (HIV-1), HIV-2, bovine lentivirus, feline lentivirus, or simianlentivirus; self-inactivating vector (SIV).

In some embodiments, the infectious agent is a modified herpes simplexvirus. In some embodiments, the infectious agent is a modified versionof Talimogene laherparepvec (also known as T-Vec, Imlygic or OncoVexGM-CSF), that is modified to contain nucleic acids encoding any of thevariant immunomodulatory polypeptides described herein, such asmulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins described herein. In someembodiments, the infectious agent is a modified herpes simplex virusthat is described, e.g., in WO 2007/052029, WO 1999/038955, US2004/0063094, US 2014/0154216, or, variants thereof.

In some embodiments, wherein the infectious agent is a virus, thetropism of viral particles is modified so that only cells expressingparticular surface markers are transduced.

2. Bacteria

In some embodiments, the infectious agent is a bacterium. For example,in some embodiments, the bacteria can deliver nucleic acids encoding anyof the multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins described herein to atarget cell in the subject, such as an immune cell. In some embodiments,the bacterium can be preferentially targeted to a specific environmentwithin a subject, such as an inflammatory environment, for expressionand/or secretion of the variant immunomodulatory polypeptides and/or totarget specific cells in the environment for expression of the variantimmunomodulatory polypeptides.

In some embodiments, the bacterium delivers the nucleic acids to thecells via bacterial-mediated transfer of plasmid DNA to mammalian cells(also referred to as “bactofection”). For example, in some embodiments,delivery of genetic material is achieved through entry of the entirebacterium into target cells. In some embodiments, spontaneous or inducedbacterial lysis can lead to the release of plasmid for subsequenteukaryotic cell expression. In some embodiments, the bacterium candeliver nucleic acids to non-phagocytic mammalian cells (e.g., certainimmune cells or tissue types). In some embodiments, the nucleic acidsdelivered by the bacterium can be transferred to the nucleus of the cellin the subject for expression. In some embodiments, the nucleic acidsalso include appropriate nucleic acid sequences necessary for theexpression of the operably linked sequences encoding the variantimmunomodulatory polypeptides in a particular host cell, e.g.,regulatory elements such as promoters or enhancers. In some embodiments,the infectious agent that is a bacterium can deliver nucleic acidsencoding the immunomodulatory proteins in the form of an RNA, such as apre-made translation-competent RNA delivered to the cytoplasm of thetarget cell for translation by the target cell's machinery.

In some embodiments, the bacterium can replicate and lyse the targetcells, e.g., immune cells. In some embodiments, the bacterium cancontain and/or release nucleic acid sequences and/or gene products inthe cytoplasm of the target cells, thereby killing the target cell,e.g., immune cell. In some embodiments, the infectious agent isbacterium that can replicate specifically in a particular environment inthe subject, e.g., inflammatory environment. For example, in someembodiments, the bacterium can replicate specifically in anaerobic orhypoxic microenvironments. In some embodiments, conditions or factorspresent in particular environments, e.g., aspartate, serine, citrate,ribose or galactose produced by cells in the inflammatory environment,can act as chemoattractants to attract the bacterium to the environment.In some embodiments, the bacterium can express and/or secrete theimmunomodulatory proteins described herein in the environment, e.g.,inflammatory environment.

In some embodiments, the infectious agent is a bacterium that is aListeria sp., a Bifidobacterium sp., an Escherichia sp., a Clostridiumsp., a Salmonella sp., a Shigella sp., a Vibrio sp. or a Yersinia sp. Insome embodiments, the bacterium is selected from among one or more ofListeria monocytogenes, Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella choleraesuis,Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholera, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridiumbutyricum, Clostridium novyi, Clostridium acetobutylicum,Bifidobacterium infantis, Bifidobacterium longum and Bifidobacteriumadolescentis. In some embodiments, the bacterium is an engineeredbacterium. In some embodiments, the bacterium is an engineered bacteriumsuch as those described in, e.g., Seow and Wood (2009) Molecular Therapy17(5):767-777; Baban et al. (2010) Bioengineered Bugs 1:6, 385-394;Patyar et al. (2010) J Biomed Sci 17:21; Tangney et al. (2010)Bioengineered Bugs 1:4, 284-287; van Pijkeren et al. (2010) Hum GeneTher. 21(4):405-416; WO 2012/149364; WO 2014/198002; U.S. Pat. Nos.9,103,831; 9,453,227; US 2014/0186401; US 2004/0146488; US 2011/0293705;US 2015/0359909 and EP 3020816. The bacterium can be modified to delivernucleic acid sequences encoding any of the variant immunomodulatorypolypeptides, conjugates and/or fusions provided herein, and/or toexpress such variant immunomodulatory polypeptides in the subject.

VI. PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS

Provided herein are compositions containing any of the providedimmunomodulatory proteins, engineered cells or infectious agentsdescribed herein. The pharmaceutical composition can further comprise apharmaceutically acceptable excipient. For example, the pharmaceuticalcomposition can contain one or more excipients for modifying,maintaining or preserving, for example, the pH, osmolarity, viscosity,clarity, color, isotonicity, odor, sterility, stability, rate ofdissolution or release, adsorption, or penetration of the composition.In some aspects, a skilled artisan understands that a pharmaceuticalcomposition containing cells may differ from a pharmaceuticalcomposition containing a protein.

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is a solid, such asa powder, capsule, or tablet. For example, the components of thepharmaceutical composition can be lyophilized. In some embodiments, thesolid pharmaceutical composition is reconstituted or dissolved in aliquid prior to administration.

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is a liquid, forexample multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins dissolved in an aqueoussolution (such as physiological saline or Ringer's solution). In someembodiments, the pH of the pharmaceutical composition is between about4.0 and about 8.5 (such as between about 4.0 and about 5.0, betweenabout 4.5 and about 5.5, between about 5.0 and about 6.0, between about5.5 and about 6.5, between about 6.0 and about 7.0, between about 6.5and about 7.5, between about 7.0 and about 8.0, or between about 7.5 andabout 8.5).

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition comprises apharmaceutically-acceptable excipient, for example a filler, binder,coating, preservative, lubricant, flavoring agent, sweetening agent,coloring agent, a solvent, a buffering agent, a chelating agent, orstabilizer. Examples of pharmaceutically-acceptable fillers includecellulose, dibasic calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate,microcrystalline cellulose, sucrose, lactose, glucose, mannitol,sorbitol, maltol, pregelatinized starch, corn starch, or potato starch.Examples of pharmaceutically-acceptable binders includepolyvinylpyrrolidone, starch, lactose, xylitol, sorbitol, maltitol,gelatin, sucrose, polyethylene glycol, methyl cellulose, or cellulose.Examples of pharmaceutically-acceptable coatings include hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC), shellac, corn protein zein, or gelatin. Examplesof pharmaceutically-acceptable disintegrants includepolyvinylpyrrolidone, carboxymethyl cellulose, or sodium starchglycolate. Examples of pharmaceutically-acceptable lubricants includepolyethylene glycol, magnesium stearate, or stearic acid. Examples ofpharmaceutically-acceptable preservatives include methyl parabens, ethylparabens, propyl paraben, benzoic acid, or sorbic acid. Examples ofpharmaceutically-acceptable sweetening agents include sucrose,saccharine, aspartame, or sorbitol. Examples ofpharmaceutically-acceptable buffering agents include carbonates,citrates, gluconates, acetates, phosphates, or tartrates.

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition further comprises anagent for the controlled or sustained release of the product, such asinjectable microspheres, bio-erodible particles, polymeric compounds(polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid), beads, or liposomes.

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is sterile.Sterilization may be accomplished by filtration through sterilefiltration membranes or radiation. Where the composition is lyophilized,sterilization using this method may be conducted either prior to orfollowing lyophilization and reconstitution. The composition forparenteral administration may be stored in lyophilized form or insolution. In addition, parenteral compositions generally are placed intoa container having a sterile access port, for example, an intravenoussolution bag or vial having a stopper pierceable by a hypodermicinjection needle.

In some embodiments, provided are pharmaceutical compositions containingthe transmembrane immunomodulatory proteins, including engineered cellsexpressing such transmembrane immunomodulatory proteins. In someembodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions and formulations includeone or more optional pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.Such compositions may comprise buffers such as neutral buffered saline,phosphate buffered saline and the like; carbohydrates such as glucose,mannose, sucrose or dextrans, mannitol; proteins; polypeptides or aminoacids such as glycine; antioxidants; chelating agents such as EDTA orglutathione; adjuvants (e.g., aluminum hydroxide); and preservatives.Compositions of the present invention are preferably formulated forintravenous administration.

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition contains infectiousagents containing nucleic acid sequences encoding the immunomodulatoryvariant polypeptides. In some embodiments, the pharmaceuticalcomposition contains a dose of infectious agents suitable foradministration to a subject that is suitable for treatment. In someembodiments, the pharmaceutical composition contains an infectious agentthat is a virus, at a single or multiple dosage amount, of between aboutbetween or between about 1×10⁵ and about 1×10¹² plaque-forming units(pfu), 1×10⁶ and 1×10¹⁰ pfu, or 1×10⁷ and 1×10¹⁰ pfu, each inclusive,such as at least or at least about or at about 1×10⁶, 1×10⁷, 1×10⁸,1×10⁹, 2×10⁹, 3×10⁹, 4×10⁹, 5×10⁹ pfu or about 1×10¹⁰ pfu. In someembodiments, the pharmaceutical composition can contain a virusconcentration of from or from about 10⁵ to about 10¹⁰ pfu/mL, forexample, 5×10⁶ to 5×10⁹ or 1×10⁷ to 1×10⁹ pfu/mL, such as at least or atleast about or at about 10⁶ pfu/mL, 10⁷ pfu/mL, 10⁸ pfu/mL or 10⁹pfu/mL. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition contains aninfectious agent that is a bacterium, at a single or multiple dosageamount, of between about between or between about 1×10³ and about 1×10⁹colony-forming units (cfu), 1×10⁴ and 1×10⁹ cfu, or 1×10⁵ and 1×10⁷ cfu,each inclusive, such as at least or at least about or at about 1×10⁴,1×10⁵, 1×10⁶, 1×10, 1×10⁸ or 1×10⁹ cfu. In some embodiments, thepharmaceutical composition can contain a bacterial concentration of fromor from about 10³ to about 10⁸ cfu/mL, for example, 5×10⁵ to 5×10⁷ or1×10⁶ to 1×10⁷ cfu/mL, such as at least or at least about or at about10⁵ cfu/mL, 10⁶ cfu/mL, 10⁷ cfu/mL or 10⁸ cfu/mL

Such a formulation may, for example, be in a form suitable forintravenous infusion. A pharmaceutically acceptable carrier may be apharmaceutically acceptable material, composition, or vehicle that isinvolved in carrying or transporting cells of interest from one tissue,organ, or portion of the body to another tissue, organ, or portion ofthe body. For example, the carrier may be a liquid or solid filler,diluent, excipient, solvent, or encapsulating material, or somecombination thereof. Each component of the carrier must be“pharmaceutically acceptable” in that it must be compatible with theother ingredients of the formulation. It also must be suitable forcontact with any tissue, organ, or portion of the body that it mayencounter, meaning that it must not carry a risk of toxicity,irritation, allergic response, immunogenicity, or any other complicationthat excessively outweighs its therapeutic benefits.

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is administered to asubject. Generally, dosages and routes of administration of thepharmaceutical composition are determined according to the size andcondition of the subject, according to standard pharmaceutical practice.For example, the therapeutically effective dose can be estimatedinitially either in cell culture assays or in animal models such asmice, rats, rabbits, dogs, pigs, or monkeys. An animal model may also beused to determine the appropriate concentration range and route ofadministration. Such information can then be used to determine usefuldoses and routes for administration in humans. The exact dosage will bedetermined in light of factors related to the subject requiringtreatment. Dosage and administration are adjusted to provide sufficientlevels of the active compound or to maintain the desired effect. Factorsthat may be taken into account include the severity of the diseasestate, the general health of the subject, the age, weight, and gender ofthe subject, time and frequency of administration, drug combination(s),reaction sensitivities, and response to therapy.

Long-acting pharmaceutical compositions may be administered every 3 to 4days, every week, or biweekly depending on the half-life and clearancerate of the particular formulation. The frequency of dosing will dependupon the pharmacokinetic parameters of the molecule in the formulationused. Typically, a composition is administered until a dosage is reachedthat achieves the desired effect. The composition may therefore beadministered as a single dose, or as multiple doses (at the same ordifferent concentrations/dosages) over time, or as a continuousinfusion. Further refinement of the appropriate dosage is routinelymade. Appropriate dosages may be ascertained through use of appropriatedose-response data. A number of biomarkers or physiological markers fortherapeutic effect can be monitored including T cell activation orproliferation, cytokine synthesis or production (e.g., production ofTNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-2), induction of various activation markers (e.g.,CD25, IL-2 receptor), inflammation, joint swelling or tenderness, serumlevel of C-reactive protein, anti-collagen antibody production, and/or Tcell-dependent antibody response(s).

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is administered to asubject through any route, including orally, transdermally, byinhalation, intravenously, intra-arterially, intramuscularly, directapplication to a wound site, application to a surgical site,intraperitoneally, by suppository, subcutaneously, intradermally,transcutaneously, by nebulization, intrapleurally, intraventricularly,intra-articularly, intraocularly, or intraspinally.

In some embodiments, the dosage of the pharmaceutical composition is asingle dose or a repeated dose. In some embodiments, the doses are givento a subject once per day, twice per day, three times per day, or fouror more times per day. In some embodiments, about 1 or more (such asabout 2 or more, about 3 or more, about 4 or more, about 5 or more,about 6 or more, or about 7 or more) doses are given in a week. In someembodiments, multiple doses are given over the course of days, weeks,months, or years. In some embodiments, a course of treatment is about 1or more doses (such as about 2 or more does, about 3 or more doses,about 4 or more doses, about 5 or more doses, about 7 or more doses,about 10 or more doses, about 15 or more doses, about 25 or more doses,about 40 or more doses, about 50 or more doses, or about 100 or moredoses).

In some embodiments, an administered dose of the pharmaceuticalcomposition is about 1 μg of protein per kg subject body mass or more(such as about 2 μg of protein per kg subject body mass or more, about 5μg of protein per kg subject body mass or more, about 10 μg of proteinper kg subject body mass or more, about 25 μg of protein per kg subjectbody mass or more, about 50 μg of protein per kg subject body mass ormore, about 100 μg of protein per kg subject body mass or more, about250 μg of protein per kg subject body mass or more, about 500 μg ofprotein per kg subject body mass or more, about 1 mg of protein per kgsubject body mass or more, about 2 mg of protein per kg subject bodymass or more, or about 5 mg of protein per kg subject body mass ormore).

In some embodiments, a therapeutic amount of a cell composition isadministered. Typically, precise amount of the compositions of thepresent invention to be administered can be determined by a physicianwith consideration of individual differences in age, weight, tumor size,extent of infection or metastasis, and condition of the patient(subject). It can generally be stated that a pharmaceutical compositioncomprising engineered cells, e.g. T cells, as described herein may beadministered at a dosage of 10⁴ to 10⁹ cells/kg body weight, such as 10⁵to 10⁶ cells/kg body weight, including all integer values within thoseranges. Engineered cell compositions, such as T cell compositions, mayalso be administered multiple times at these dosages. The cells can beadministered by using infusion techniques that are commonly known inimmunotherapy (see, e.g., Rosenberg et al, New Eng. J. of Med. 319:1676, 1988). The optimal dosage and treatment regime for a particularpatient can readily be determined by one skilled in the art of medicineby monitoring the patient for signs of disease and adjusting thetreatment accordingly.

A variety of means are known for determining if administration of atherapeutic composition of the invention sufficiently modulatesimmunological activity by eliminating, sequestering, or inactivatingimmune cells mediating or capable of mediating an undesired immuneresponse; inducing, generating, or turning on immune cells that mediateor are capable of mediating a protective immune response; changing thephysical or functional properties of immune cells; or a combination ofthese effects. Examples of measurements of the modulation ofimmunological activity include, but are not limited to, examination ofthe presence or absence of immune cell populations (using flowcytometry, immunohistochemistry, histology, electron microscopy,polymerase chain reaction (PCR)); measurement of the functional capacityof immune cells including ability or resistance to proliferate or dividein response to a signal (such as using T-cell proliferation assays andpepscan analysis based on 3H-thymidine incorporation followingstimulation with anti-CD3 antibody, anti-T-cell receptor antibody,anti-CD28 antibody, calcium ionophores, PMA (phorbol 12-myristate13-acetate) antigen presenting cells loaded with a peptide or proteinantigen; B cell proliferation assays); measurement of the ability tokill or lyse other cells (such as cytotoxic T cell assays); measurementsof the cytokines, chemokines, cell surface molecules, antibodies andother products of the cells (e.g., by flow cytometry, enzyme-linkedimmunosorbent assays, Western blot analysis, protein microarrayanalysis, immunoprecipitation analysis); measurement of biochemicalmarkers of activation of immune cells or signaling pathways withinimmune cells (e.g., Western blot and immunoprecipitation analysis oftyrosine, serine or threonine phosphorylation, polypeptide cleavage, andformation or dissociation of protein complexes; protein array analysis;DNA transcriptional, profiling using DNA arrays or subtractivehybridization); measurements of cell death by apoptosis, necrosis, orother mechanisms (e.g., annexin V staining, TUNEL assays, gelelectrophoresis to measure DNA laddering, histology; fluorogenic caspaseassays, Western blot analysis of caspase substrates); measurement of thegenes, proteins, and other molecules produced by immune cells (e.g.,Northern blot analysis, polymerase chain reaction, DNA microarrays,protein microarrays, 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis, Western blotanalysis, enzyme linked immunosorbent assays, flow cytometry); andmeasurement of clinical symptoms or outcomes such as improvement ofautoimmune, neurodegenerative, and other diseases involvingself-proteins or self-polypeptides (clinical scores, requirements foruse of additional therapies, functional status, imaging studies) forexample, by measuring relapse rate or disease severity (using clinicalscores known to the ordinarily skilled artisan) in the case of multiplesclerosis, measuring blood glucose in the case of type I diabetes, orjoint inflammation in the case of rheumatoid arthritis.

VII. METHODS OF ASSESSING ACTIVITY AND IMMUNE MODULATION OFIMMUNOMODULATORY PROTEINS

In some embodiments, the multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins providedherein exhibit immunomodulatory activity to modulate T cell activationor response. In some embodiments, T cell activation or response isreduced, decreased or attenuated. Among T cell responses that can bemodulated by provided immunomodulatory proteins include one or more ofcell cycle inhibition, reduced cell survival, reduced cellproliferation, reduced cytokine production (e.g. IFN-gamma or IL-2), orreduced T-cell cytotoxicity. In some embodiments, the reduced activityis observed in vitro in a primary T cell activation assays, such as in aJurkat reporter assay, SEB assay or mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR)assay. In some embodiments, the reduced or decreased activity isobserved in vivo upon administration to a subject, such as a human ormammalian subject.

In some embodiments, the activity is reduced by at least 10%, 20%, 30%,40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or 100% compared to the activity in thesame assay in the absence of the immunomodulatory protein. In someembodiments, the activity is reduced by at least 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%,50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or 100% compared to the activity in the sameassay presence of a control in which the control is a protein that isknown or suspected not to modulate T cell activity, e.g. an Fc onlycontrol. In some embodiments, the activity is reduced to a level that isgreater than the reduction observed by a reference immunomodulatoryprotein containing only the ARBM or containing only the IRBM, such as isreduced by greater than or greater than about 1.2-fold, 1.3-fold,1.4-fold, 1.5-fold, 2.0-fold, 3.0-fold, 4.0-fold 5.0-fold or morecompared to the reference immunomodulatory protein.

In some embodiments, multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins modulateIFN-gamma expression or production or IL-2 expression of production in aT cell assay relative to a control protein or reference immunomodulatoryprotein (e.g. containing only an ARBM or only an IRBM or containing awild-type or unmodified IgSF domain).

In some ses, modulation of IFN-gamma or IL-2 expression or production isa decrease in IFN-gamma or IL-2 expression or production relative to thecontrol or reference protein.

In some aspects, assays typically employed in connection with assayingmodulation of immune activity of the provided immunomodulatory proteinsinclude assays involving co-culture of T cells and antigen presentingcells. Such assays are well-known in the art and include, for example,the MLR (mixed lymphocyte reaction) assays measuring interferon-gamma orIL-2 cytokine levels in culture supernatants (Wang et al., CancerImmunol Res. 2014 September: 2(9):846-56). In such assays,immunomodulatory proteins can in some embodiments decrease IFN-gamma(interferon-gamma) or IL-2 expression or production in a primary T-cellassay relative to a control or reference protein.

In some embodiments, in assaying for the ability of a providedimmunomodulatory protein to modulate, e.g. decrease, IFN-gamma or IL-2expression or production a T cell reporter assay can be used. In someembodiments, the T cell is a Jurkat T cell line or is derived fromJurkat T cell lines. In reporter assays, the reporter cell line (e.g.Jurkat reporter cell) also is generated to overexpress an activatingreceptor, such as a costimulatory receptor, that is the binding partnerof the immunomodulatory protein. In some embodiments, the reporter cellline is generated to overexpress an inhibitory receptor that is thebinding partner of the immunomodulatory protein. For example, in thecase of an immunomodulatory protein, the reporter cell line (e.g. Jurkatreporter cell) can be generated to overexpress PD-1. In someembodiments, the reporter T cells also contains a reporter constructcontaining an inducible promoter responsive to T cell activationoperably linked to a reporter. In some embodiments, the reporter is afluorescent or luminescent reporter. In some embodiments, the reporteris luciferase. In some embodiments, the promoter is responsive to CD3signaling. In some embodiments, the promoter is an NFAT promoter. Insome embodiments, the promoter is responsive to costimulatory signaling,e.g. CD28 costimulatory signaling. In some embodiments, the promoter isan IL-2 promoter.

In aspects of a reporter assay, a reporter cell line is stimulated, suchas by co-incubation with antigen presenting cells (APCs), including APCsexpressing one or more ligands of an activating receptor, e.g.costimulatory receptor, e.g. ICOSL, CD80, CD86, PD-L1, PD-L2, CD155 orCD112. In some embodiments, the APCs are artificial APCs. ArtificialAPCs are well known to a skilled artisan. In some embodiments,artificial APCs are derived from one or more mammalian cell line, suchas K562, CHO or 293 cells. In some embodiments, the aAPCs can alsoexpress an anti-CD3 antibody (e.g. OKT3).

In some embodiments, the Jurkat reporter cells are co-incubated withartificial APCs in the presence of the immunomodulatory protein. In someembodiments, reporter expression is monitored, such as by determiningthe luminescence or fluorescence of the cells. In some embodiments,normal interactions between Jurkat cells and APCs, e.g. via activatingreceptor and their ligand, result in an enhancement of or increase inthe reporter signal, such as compared to control, e.g. reporterexpression by co-incubation of control T cells and APCs in which theactivating receptor and ligand interaction is not present. In someembodiments, a provided immunomodulatory protein provided hereinattenuates or decreases the reporter signal, thereby resulting in adecrease in the reporter signal compared to the absence of theimmunomodulatory protein.

Use of proper controls is known to those of skill in the art, however,in the aforementioned embodiments, a control typically involves use of areference protein containing one of the proteins of the immunomodulatoryprotein. In some embodiments, the control is of the same form orcorresponding form as the immunomodulatory protein. For example, if theimmunomodulatory protein is a soluble form containing one or more ARBMand IRBM fused to an Fc protein, than the control is a soluble formcontaining the ARBM or IRBM fused to the Fc protein. Irrespective ofwhether the binding affinity and/or selectivity to the inhibitory oractivating receptor is increased or decreased, an immunomodulatoryprotein in some embodiments will decrease a T cell response, e.g.IFN-gamma or IL-2 expression or production, in a T-cell assay relativeto a control or reference protein. In some embodiments, a providedimmunomodulatory protein decreases a T cell response, e.g. IFN-gamma orIL-2 expression or production (i.e., protein expression), relative to acontrol or reference protein by at least: 5%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%,60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or higher.

In some cases, activity of a multi-domain immunomodulatory protein asprovided can be assessed using an appropriate animal model. In someembodiments, the animal model is a model of autoimmune disease. Animalmodels of autoimmune activities include spontaneous animal models, suchas spontaneous mouse models for autoimmune diseases, generated throughthe crossing of animal (e.g., mouse) strains that have geneticsusceptibility genes or loci followed by careful monitoring of theanimals for the development of disease phenotype. Exemplary spontaneousanimal models include the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse model, whichspontaneously develops type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D)-like phenotypes,and the NZB/W F1 mouse model, which spontaneously develops systemiclupus erythematosus (SLE)-like phenotypes. Another exemplary animalmodel of autoimmune disease includes the experimental autoimmuneencephalomyelitis (EAE) mouse model, generated by autoantigen injectionfor the study of multiple sclerosis (MS). Exemplary rheumatoid arthritis(RA) models include human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I)transgenic mouse models and IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) deficient(KO) mouse models. Concanavalin A (Con A)-induced hepatitis in the mouseis an exemplary model for autoimmune hepatitis (Tiegs et al., 1992, JCI,Mizuhara H., JEM, 1994, Toyabe S, JI, 1997). Other exemplary animalmodels include graft versus host-disease (GVHD) mouse model, syngeneictransplant mouse models, and bone marrow transplant models. Animalmodels are widely used to study pathology and treatment of autoimmunedisease and can be used to assess the use, dosage, and efficacy of themulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins provided herein.

VIII. THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS

Provided herein are compositions and methods relating to the providedimmunomodulatory proteins, engineered cells and infectious agentsdescribed herein for use in modulating immunological activity of amammalian cell. The compositions can be used in associated methods to,for example, modulate immunological activity in an immunotherapyapproach to the treatment of a disease. For example, in some embodimentsthe pharmaceutical composition is used to treat inflammatory orautoimmune disorders, cancer, organ transplantation, viral infections,and/or bacterial infections in a mammal. The pharmaceutical compositioncan modulate (e.g. increase or decrease) an immune response to treat thedisease. In particular embodiments, the provided multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins and pharmaceutical compositions thereof can beused for the treatment of inflammatory or autoimmune disorders.

In some embodiments, the method comprises contacting a multi-domainimmunomodulatory protein (which may be secreted by an engineered cell)provided herein with a mammalian cell under conditions that arepermissive to specific binding of the protein and modulation of theimmunological activity of the mammalian cell. The methods can beemployed ex vivo or in vivo.

Such methods and uses include therapeutic methods and uses, for example,involving administration of the molecules or engineered cells, orcompositions containing the same, to a subject having a disease,condition, or disorder. In some cases, such as for multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins that reduce or decrease an immune response orT cell response, the disease or disorder is an autoimmune orinflammatory disease or disorder. In some cases, such as formulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins that increase an immune responseor T cell response, the disease or disorder is a tumor or cancer. Insome embodiments, the multi-domain immunomodulatory protein orpharmaceutical composition thereof is administered in an effectiveamount to effect treatment of the disease or disorder. Uses include usesof multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins or pharmaceutical compositionsthereof in such methods and treatments, and in the preparation of amedicament in order to carry out such therapeutic methods. In someembodiments, the methods are carried out by administering a multi-domainimmunomodulatory protein or compositions comprising the same, to thesubject having or suspected of having the disease or condition. In someembodiments, the methods thereby treat the disease or condition ordisorder in the subject.

In some embodiments, the method of modulating immunological activity isachieved by administering an immunomodulatory protein to a subject. Inother cases, modulating an immunological activity is achieved byadministering an engineered cell expressing the immunomodulatoryprotein, including expression and secretion of an immunomodulatoryprotein of the present invention by an immune cell, such as a lymphocyte(e.g., a T-cell or TIL) or NK cell engineered to express and secrete theimmunomodulatory protein. In such embodiments, the method can conductedby adoptive cell transfer of engineered cells expressing and secretingthe immunomodulatory protein (e.g., a T-cell) are infused back into thepatient. In some embodiments, modulating an immunological activity isachieved by administering an infectious agent capable of infecting acell in a subject, such as to express and secrete the immunomodulatoryprotein in the subject.

The pharmaceutical compositions described herein can be used in avariety of therapeutic applications, such as the treatment of a disease.For example, in some embodiments the pharmaceutical composition is usedto treat inflammatory or autoimmune disorders, organ transplantation,viral infections, and/or bacterial infections in a mammal. Thepharmaceutical composition can modulate an immune response to treat thedisease. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition suppressesan immune response, which can be useful in the treatment of inflammatoryor autoimmune disorders, or organ transplantation.

The provided methods are believed to have utility in a variety ofapplications, including, but not limited to, e.g., in prophylactic ortherapeutic methods for treating a variety of immune system diseases orconditions in a mammal in which modulation or regulation of the immunesystem and immune system responses is beneficial. For example,suppressing an immune response can be beneficial in prophylactic and/ortherapeutic methods for inhibiting rejection of a tissue, cell, or organtransplant from a donor by a recipient. In a therapeutic context, themammalian subject is typically one with an immune system disease orcondition, and administration is conducted to prevent furtherprogression of the disease or condition.

In some embodiments, the provided compositions can attenuate an immuneresponse, such as, for example, where the immunomodulatory proteincomprises an affinity modified IgSF domain of an inhibitory ligand. Insome embodiments, the compositions can be used to treat an autoimmunedisease. In some embodiments, the administration of a therapeuticcomposition of the invention to a subject suffering from an immunesystem disease (e.g., autoimmune disease) can result in suppression orinhibition of such immune system attack or biological responsesassociated therewith. By suppressing this immune system attack onhealthy body tissues, the resulting physical symptoms (e.g., pain, jointinflammation, joint swelling or tenderness) resulting from or associatedwith such attack on healthy tissues can be decreased or alleviated, andthe biological and physical damage resulting from or associated with theimmune system attack can be decreased, retarded, or stopped. In aprophylactic context, the subject may be one with, susceptible to, orbelieved to present an immune system disease, disorder or condition, andadministration is typically conducted to prevent progression of thedisease, disorder or condition, inhibit or alleviate symptoms, signs, orbiological responses associated therewith, prevent bodily damagepotentially resulting therefrom, and/or maintain or improve thesubject's physical functioning.

In some embodiments, the inflammatory or autoimmune disorder isantineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, avasculitis, an autoimmune skin disease, transplantation, a Rheumaticdisease, an inflammatory gastrointestinal disease, an inflammatory eyedisease, an inflammatory neurological disease, an inflammatory pulmonarydisease, an inflammatory endocrine disease, or an autoimmunehematological disease.

The immune system disease or disorder of the patient may be or involve,e.g., but is not limited to, Addison's Disease, Allergy, AlopeciaAreata, Alzheimer's, Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies(ANCA)-associated vasculitis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, AntiphospholipidSyndrome (Hughes Syndrome), arthritis, Asthma, Atherosclerosis,Atherosclerotic plaque, autoimmune disease (e.g., lupus, RA, MS, Graves'disease, etc.), Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Autoimmune Hepatitis,Autoimmune inner ear disease, Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative syndrome,Autoimmune Myocarditis, Autoimmune Oophoritis, Autoimmune Orchitis,Azoospermia, Behcet's Disease, Berger's Disease, Bullous Pemphigoid,Cardiomyopathy, Cardiovascular disease, Celiac Sprue/Coeliac disease,Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS), Chronic idiopathicpolyneuritis, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating, Polyradicalneuropathy(CIPD), Chronic relapsing polyneuropathy (Guillain-Barré syndrome),Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS), Cicatricial Pemphigoid, Cold AgglutininDisease (CAD), COPD, CREST syndrome, Crohn's disease, Dermatitis,Herpetiformus, Dermatomyositis, diabetes, Discoid Lupus, Eczema,Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia,Evan's Syndrome, Exopthalmos, Fibromyalgia, Goodpasture's Syndrome,graft-related disease or disorder, Graves' Disease, GVHD, Hashimoto'sThyroiditis, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Idiopathic ThrombocytopeniaPurpura (ITP), IgA Nephropathy, immunoproliferative disease or disorder(e.g., psoriasis), Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Insulin DependentDiabetes Mellitus (IDDM), Interstitial lung disease, juvenile diabetes,Juvenile Arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), Kawasaki'sDisease, Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome, Lichen Planus, lupus, LupusNephritis, Lymphoscytic Lypophisitis, Ménière's Disease, Miller FishSyndrome/acute disseminated encephalomyeloradiculopathy, MixedConnective Tissue Disease, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), muscular rheumatism,Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), Myasthenia Gravis, Ocular Inflammation,Pemphigus Foliaceus, Pemphigus Vulgaris, Pernicious Anaemia,Polyarteritis Nodosa, Polychondritis, Polyglandular Syndromes(Whitaker's syndrome), Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Polymyositis, PrimaryAgammaglobulinemia, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis/Autoimmune cholangiopathy,Psoriasis, Psoriatic arthritis, Raynaud's Phenomenon, Reiter'sSyndrome/Reactive arthritis, Restenosis, Rheumatic Fever, rheumaticdisease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sarcoidosis, Schmidt's syndrome,Scleroderma, Sjörgen's Syndrome, Solid-organ transplant rejection(kidney, heart, liver, lung, etc.), Stiff-Man Syndrome, Systemic LupusErythematosus (SLE), systemic scleroderma, Takayasu Arteritis, TemporalArteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis, Thyroiditis, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2diabetes, Ulcerative colitis, Uveitis, Vasculitis, Vitiligo, Wegener'sGranulomatosis, and preventing or suppressing an immune responseassociated with rejection of a donor tissue, cell, graft, or organtransplant by a recipient subject. Graft-related diseases or disordersinclude graft versus host disease (GVDH), such as associated with bonemarrow transplantation, and immune disorders resulting from orassociated with rejection of organ, tissue, or cell grafttransplantation (e.g., tissue or cell allografts or xenografts),including, e.g., grafts of skin, muscle, neurons, islets, organs,parenchymal cells of the liver, etc. With regard to a donor tissue,cell, graft or solid organ transplant in a recipient subject, it isbelieved that a therapeutic composition of the invention disclosedherein may be effective in preventing acute rejection of such transplantin the recipient and/or for long-term maintenance therapy to preventrejection of such transplant in the recipient (e.g., inhibitingrejection of insulin-producing islet cell transplant from a donor in thesubject recipient suffering from diabetes).

The inflammatory and autoimmune disorders that can be treated by thepharmaceutical compositions and the treatment methods described hereininclude, but are not limited to, Addison's Disease, allergies, alopeciaareata, Alzheimer's, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies(ANCA)-associated vasculitis, ankylosing spondylitis, antiphospholipidsyndrome (Hughes Syndrome), asthma, atherosclerosis, rheumatoidarthritis, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, autoimmune hepatitis, autoimmuneinner ear disease, autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, autoimmunemyocarditis, autoimmune oophoritis, autoimmune orchitis, azoospermia,Behcet's Disease, Berger's Disease, bullous pemphigoid, cardiomyopathy,cardiovascular disease, celiac Sprue/coeliac disease, chronic fatigueimmune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS), chronic idiopathic polyneuritis,chronic inflammatory demyelinating, polyradicalneuropathy (CIDP),chronic relapsing polyneuropathy (Guillain-Barre syndrome),Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS), cicatricial pemphigoid, cold agglutinindisease (CAD), COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), CRESTsyndrome, Crohn's disease, dermatitis, herpetiformus, dermatomyositis,diabetes, discoid lupus, eczema, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita,essential mixed cryoglobulinemia, Evan's Syndrome, exopthalmos,fibromyalgia, Goodpasture's Syndrome, Graves' Disease, Hashimoto'sthyroiditis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, idiopathic thrombocytopeniapurpura (ITP), IgA nephropathy, immunoproliferative disease or disorder,inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), interstitial lung disease, juvenilearthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), Kawasaki's Disease,Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome, lichen planus, lupus nephritis,lymphocytic hypophysitis, Ménière's Disease, Miller Fish Syndrome/acutedisseminated encephalomyeloradiculopathy, mixed connective tissuedisease, multiple sclerosis (MS), muscular rheumatism, myalgicencephalomyelitis (ME), myasthenia gravis, ocular inflammation,pemphigus foliaceus, pemphigus vulgaris, pernicious anaemia,polyarteritis nodosa, polychondritis, polyglandular syndromes(Whitaker's syndrome), polymyalgia rheumatica, polymyositis, primaryagammaglobulinemia, primary biliary cirrhosis/autoimmune cholangiopathy,psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, Raynaud's Phenomenon, Reiter'sSyndrome/reactive arthritis, restenosis, rheumatic fever, rheumaticdisease, sarcoidosis, Schmidt's syndrome, scleroderma, Sjörgen'sSyndrome, stiff-man syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE),systemic scleroderma, Takayasu arteritis, temporal arteritis/giant cellarteritis, thyroiditis, Type 1 diabetes, ulcerative colitis, uveitis,vasculitis, vitiligo, interstitial bowel disease or Wegener'sGranulomatosis. In some embodiments, the inflammatory or autoimmunedisorder is selected from interstitial bowel disease, transplant,Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, asthma,rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis.

In some embodiments, the disease or condition is one that is a result ofPDL1 dysregulation. In some embodiments, the disease or condition is avasculitis that is a giant cell arteritis (GCA).

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is administered tomodulate an autoimmune condition. For example, suppressing an immuneresponse can be beneficial in methods for inhibiting rejection of atissue, cell, or organ transplant from a donor by a recipient.Accordingly, in some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositionsdescribed herein are used to limit or prevent graft-related ortransplant related diseases or disorders, such as graft versus hostdisease (GVHD). In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions areused to suppress autoimmune rejection of transplanted or grafted bonemarrow, organs, skin, muscle, neurons, islets, or parenchymal cells.

In some embodiments, a therapeutic amount of the pharmaceuticalcomposition is administered. Typically, precise amount of thecompositions of the present invention to be administered can bedetermined by a physician with consideration of individual differencesin age, weight, extent of infection, and condition of the patient(subject). The optimal dosage and treatment regime for a particularpatient can readily be determined by one skilled in the art of medicineby monitoring the patient for signs of disease and adjusting thetreatment accordingly.

The administration of the subject compositions may be carried out in anyconvenient manner, including by aerosol inhalation, injection,ingestion, transfusion, implantation or transplantation. Thecompositions described herein may be administered to a patientsubcutaneously, intradermally, intratumorally, intranodally,intramedullary, intramuscularly, by intravenous (i.v.) injection, orintraperitoneally. In one embodiment, the therapeutic composition isadministered to a patient by intradermal or subcutaneous injection. Inanother embodiment, the therapeutic composition is administered by i.v.injection.

Cell compositions engineered to express and secrete immunomodulatoryproteins of the present invention and associated methods can be used inimmunotherapy applications. In some embodiments, cells isolated from amammal, such as a mouse or human, can be engineered to express andsecrete an immunomodulatory protein. In some embodiments, the mammaliancell serving as a host cell for expression and secretion or surfaceexpression of an immunomodulatory protein is a lymphocyte such as atumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL), a natural killer (NK) cell, or aT-cell such as a CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte or a CD4+ helper Tlymphocyte. In aspects of the provided method, the engineered cells arecontacted, generally under physiological conditions, with a mammaliancell in which modulation of immunological activity is desired. Forexample, the mammalian cell can be a murine or human cell such as withimmune cells, such as antigen presenting cell and/or T cell. In someembodiments, the engineered cells are autologous cells. In otherembodiments, the cells are allogeneic. Cells can be contacted in vivo orex vivo. In some embodiments, the engineered cells are administered tothe subject, such as by infusion. Thus, composition and methods can beused in adoptive cell transfer immunotherapy. In some embodiments, thecells are autologous cells.

It can generally be stated that a pharmaceutical composition comprisingengineered cells, e.g. T cells, as described herein may be administeredat a dosage of 10⁴ to 10⁹ cells/kg body weight, such as 10⁵ to 10⁶cells/kg body weight, including all integer values within those ranges.Engineered cell compositions, such as T cell compositions, may beadministered multiple times at these dosages. The cells can beadministered by using infusion techniques that are commonly known inimmunotherapy (see, e.g., Rosenberg et al, New Eng. J. of Med. 319:1676, 1988). In some cases, the cell compositions may be injecteddirectly into a site of infection.

In some embodiments, the method is conducted by administration of apharmaceutical compositions containing infectious agent containing anucleic acid molecule encoding the immunomodulatory protein as asecretable immunomodulatory protein. In some embodiments, thepharmaceutical composition contains a dose of infectious agents suitablefor administration to a subject that is suitable for treatment. In someembodiments, the pharmaceutical composition contains an infectious agentthat is a virus, at a single or multiple dosage amount, of between aboutbetween or between about 1×10⁵ and about 1×10¹² plaque-forming units(pfu), 1×10⁶ and 1×10¹⁰ pfu, or 1×10⁷ and 1×10¹⁰ pfu, each inclusive,such as at least or at least about or at about 1×10⁶, 1×10⁷, 1×10⁸,1×10⁹, 2×10⁹, 3×10⁹, 4×10⁹, 5×10⁹ pfu or about 1×10¹⁰ pfu. In someembodiments, the pharmaceutical composition can contain a virusconcentration of from or from about 10⁵ to about 10¹⁰ pfu/mL, forexample, 5×10⁶ to 5×10⁹ or 1×10⁷ to 1×10⁹ pfu/mL, such as at least or atleast about or at about 10⁶ pfu/mL, 10⁷ pfu/mL, 10⁸ pfu/mL or 10⁹pfu/mL. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition contains aninfectious agent that is a bacterium, at a single or multiple dosageamount, of between about between or between about 1×10³ and about 1×10⁹colony-forming units (cfu), 1×10⁴ and 1×10⁹ cfu, or 1×10⁵ and 1×10⁷ cfu,each inclusive, such as at least or at least about or at about 1×10⁴,1×10⁵, 1×10⁶, 1×10⁷, 1×10⁸ or 1×10⁹ cfu. In some embodiments, thepharmaceutical composition can contain a bacterial concentration of fromor from about 10³ to about 10⁸ cfu/mL, for example, 5×10⁵ to 5×10⁷ or1×10⁶ to 1×10⁷ cfu/mL, such as at least or at least about or at about10⁵ cfu/mL, 10⁶ cfu/mL, 10⁷ cfu/mL or 10⁸ cfu/mL.

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition is administered as amonotherapy (i.e., as a single agent) or as a combination therapy (i.e.,in combination with one or more additional immunosuppressant agents). Insome embodiments, the additional agent is a glucocorticoid (e.g.,prednisone, dexamethasone, and hydrocortisone), cytostatic agent, suchas a cytostatic agent that affect proliferation of T cells and/or Bcells (e.g., purine analogs, alkylating agents, or antimetabolites), anantibody (e.g., anti-CD20, anti-CD25 or anti-CD3 monoclonal antibodies),cyclosporine, tacrolimus, sirolimus, everolimus, an interferon, anopiod, a TNF binding protein, mycophenolate, small biological agent,such as fingolimod or myriocin, cytokine, such as interferon beta-1a, anintegrin agonist, or an integrin antagonist.

IX. ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE AND KITS

Also provided herein are articles of manufacture that comprise thepharmaceutical compositions described herein in suitable packaging.Suitable packaging for compositions (such as ophthalmic compositions)described herein are known in the art, and include, for example, vials(such as sealed vials), vessels, ampules, bottles, jars, flexiblepackaging (e.g., sealed Mylar or plastic bags), and the like. Thesearticles of manufacture may further be sterilized and/or sealed.

Further provided are kits comprising the pharmaceutical compositions (orarticles of manufacture) described herein, which may further compriseinstruction(s) on methods of using the composition, such as usesdescribed herein. The kits described herein may also include othermaterials desirable from a commercial and user standpoint, includingother buffers, diluents, filters, needles, syringes, and package insertswith instructions for performing any methods described herein.

X. EXAMPLES

The following examples are included for illustrative purposes only andare not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Example 1 Generation of Multi-Domain Immunomodulatory ProteinsContaining Activating and Inhibitory Components

Multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins were generated containing (1) atleast one inhibitory receptor binding molecule (IRBM) that binds to animmune cell inhibitory receptor or inhibitory receptor complex (e.g.PD-1) and (2) at least one activating receptor binding molecule (ARBM)that binds to an immune cell activating receptor or activating receptorcomplex (e.g. CD28, CD3, CD4). Among binding molecules that wereincluded as individual IRBM and ARBM in the multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins were non-antibody immunoglobulin superfamily(IgSF) domains, such as an extracellular domain (ECD) orimmunoglobulin-like V-type (IgV) domain, or a variant IgSF domain (vIgD)that was affinity-modified and selected for increased binding affinityto the target binding partner compared to the unmodified or wild-typeIgSF domain. Examples 8-13 below describe exemplary variant IgSF domainsfor inclusion as an IRBM or ARBM.

Exemplary IRBMs and ARBMs used in the immunomodulatory proteins arelisted in Tables E1.A and E1.B, respectively.

TABLE E1.A Exemplary Inhibitory Receptor Binding Molecule (IRBM) IRBMSEQ ID NO PD-L1 IgV 303: 303 D43G/N45D/L56Q/V5 8A/G101G-ins (G101GG)PD-L2 IgV 1417: 1417 H15Q/T47A/K65R/S67L/Q82R/V89D PD-L2 IgV 31: 31Wild-type CD155 IgV 665 665 P18S/S65W/S67A/M90V/V95A/L104Q/G111R

TABLE E1.B Exemplary Activating Receptor Binding Molecule (ARBM) ARBMSEQ ID NO CD86 IgV 2610: 2610 Wild-type CD80 IgV 2615: 2615 Wild-typeCD80 IgV 2617: 2617 E35G/K54E/A71D/L72P CD80 IgV 2616: 2616V22L/E35G/A71D/L72P ICOSL IgV 2244: 2244 Wild-type ICOSL IgV 2266: 2266N52H/Q100R ICOSL IgV 2264: 2264 N52H/N57Y/Q100R ICOSL IgV 2247: 2247N52D ICOSL ECD 2266: 2081 N52H/Q100R CTLA-4 ECD 36: 36 Wild-type CTLA-4ECD 2655: 2655 Wild-type CTLA-4 ECD 3495: 3495 Wild-type with C122SCTLA-4 ECD 3037: 3037 G29W/N58S/L63P/Q82R/L98Q/Y105L CTLA-4 ECD 2519:2519 A31Y/L106E CTLA-4 ECD 2520 2520 A31Y/L106E with C122S CTLA-4 ECD3060 3060 L12F/R16H/G29W/M56T/L98Q/Y105L LFA3 (CD58) Ig 3650 3650Wild-type Human IL16 2521 Anti-CD3: 2522 OKT3-derived single chainvariable fragment

Various multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins using the moleculeslisted above were generated in various configurations as summarizedbelow. In some aspects, the configurations were chosen to affect spatialproximalization of ITIM bearing inhibitory receptors with activatingreceptors on T cells to make possible attenuation of T cell activationand/or tolerance induction (FIGS. 1A and 1B).

In some cases, multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins were generated ina cis binding strategy to target the inhibitory receptor (e.g. PD-1 orTIGIT) and activating receptor (e.g. CD2, CD3, CD4 or CD28) on T cells,which, in some cases, proximalize or cluster the inhibitory receptor andthe activating receptor on the surface of the same T cell (FIG. 2 ).Exemplary generated cis-binding immunomodulatory molecules contained aPD-L1, PD-L2 or CD155 vIgD domain in combination with a binding moleculetargeting CD28 (e.g. various ICOSL, CD80, and CD86 vIgD or wild-typeIgsF domains), CD2 (e.g. CD58 wild-type IgSF domain) or with a bindingmolecule targeting CD3 or CD4.

In other cases, multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins were generated ina trans binding strategy to target the inhibitory receptor (e.g. PD-1 orTIGIT) on the T cell and a ligand of the activating receptor (e.g. CD80or CD86) on an antigen-presenting cell (APC) (FIG. 1B). In the transstrategy, localization of the ligand, e.g. CD80/CD86, on the APC duringimmune synapse formation may be sufficient for signaling by the cognateactivating receptor, e.g. CD28, and the presence of the immunomodulatoryprotein could antagonize such as a signal (e.g. B7/CD28 signaling) andinstead present an inhibitory ligand (e.g. PD-1 binding ligand or TIGITbinding ligand) to recruit the inhibitory receptor (e.g. PD-1 or TIGIT)to the immune synapse. Exemplary generated trans-bindingimmunomodulatory molecules contained a PD-L1, PD-L2 and/or CD155 vIgDdomain in combination with a CTLA-4 vIgD or wild-type IgSF domain.

The immunomodulatory proteins, in either a cis-binding strategy ortrans-binding strategy configuration, were generated as eithermultimeric molecules via fusion with an Fc protein or as monomericmolecules.

A. Multimeric Configurations

In some configurations, the generated multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins were generated as multimeric proteins by fusion with an Fcmolecule. The ARBM or IRBM of the multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinwere variously linked to the N- or C-terminus of a human IgG1 Fc regionvia a peptide linker, such as a GSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 2523), GGGGS (G4S; SEQID NO: 1942), GSGGGGS (SEQ ID NO: 1941), GGGGSGGGGS (2×GGGGS; SEQ ID NO:240), GGGGSGGGGSGGGGS (3×GGGGS; SEQ ID NO: 239), GGGGSSA (SEQ ID NO:2524) peptide linker, or combinations thereof.

For generating homodimeric Fc fusions, an exemplary IgG1 Fc region usedin generated constructs had the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1155 andcontained the mutation C220S by EU numbering and the mutations L234A,L235E, and G237A, by EU numbering, to reduce effector function (themutations corresponded to C5S, L19A, L20E, G22A, with reference towild-type human IgG1 Fc set forth in SEQ ID NO:187). In some cases, theFc used in the constructs had the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1715,which further contained removal of the C-terminal lysine, K447del by EUnumbering (corresponding to deletion of position 232, with reference towild-type or unmodified Fc set forth in SEQ ID NO: 187).

In some cases, an exemplary IgG1 Fc region used in generated constructshad the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3538 and contained the mutationC220S by EU numbering and contained amino acid substitutions E356D andM358L to reconstitute residues of allotype G1 m1, by EU numbering (themutations corresponded to C5S, E141D, and M143L). In some embodiments,the wild-type IgG1 Fc can be the Fc set forth in SEQ ID NO: 187 havingan allotype containing residues Glu (E) and Met (M) at positions 356 and358 by EU numbering. In some embodiments, the Fc region furthercontained removal of the C-terminal lysine, K447del by EU numbering(corresponding to deletion of position 232) with reference to wild-typehuman IgG1 Fc set forth in SEQ ID NO:187).

In some aspects, a wild-type Fc was used that was modified by one ormore amino acid substitutions to reduce effector activity or to renderthe Fc inert for Fc effector function such as effectorless mutationsL234A, L235E and G237A by EU numbering or R292C, N297G and V302C by EUnumbering. In some embodiments, a wild-type Fc was further modified bythe removal of one or more cysteine residue, such as by replacement ofthe cysteine residues to a serine residue at position 220 (C220S) by EUnumbering. Exemplary inert Fc regions having reduced effector functionused in exemplary constructs are set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1158 and SEQ IDNO:3579, which are based on allotypes set forth in SEQ ID NO:187 or SEQID NO: 3538, respectively. In some embodiments, an Fc region used in aconstruct provided herein can further lack a C-terminal lysine residue,such as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1715. Another exemplary inert Fc regionhaving reduced effector function used in exemplary constructs is setforth in SEQ ID NO:1157.

(wild-type IgG1 with C220S) SEQ ID NO: 3538EPKSSDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPG SEQ ID NO: 1155EPKSSDKTHTCPPCPAPEAEGAPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK SEQ ID NO: 1715EPKSSDKTHTCPPCPAPEAEGAPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPG SEQ ID NO: 1157EPKSSDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPCEEQYGSTYRCVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK

Table E2 describes exemplary generated multi-domain homodimericimmunomodulatory Fc fusion proteins.

TABLE E2 Multimeric Homodimer Multi-Domain Immunomodulatory Proteins DNAProtein ARBM Linker Fc SEQ SEQ ID (SEQ ID IRBM (SEQ ID (SEQ IDDescription ID NO NO NO) (SEQ ID NO) NO) NO) PD-L1 vIgD Multimer andOKT3 scFv Anti-CD3-PD-L1 303-PD-L1 3234 2529 Anti-CD3 PD-L1 IgV: GGGGSFc (3579) 303-PD-L1 303-Fc: scFv (2522) D43G/N45D/L56Q/ SAOKT3-scFv_G4S_SA_PD-L1 303_ V58A/G101 (2524) 2xG4S_PD-L1 303_2xG4S_PD-G-ins 2xG4S L1 303_2xG4S_Fc (G101GG) (240) (303) PD-L1 vIgD Multimer andIL16 ECD IL16-PD-L1 303-PD-L1 303- 3235 2530 IL16 PD-L1 IgV: GGGGS Fc(3579) PD-L1 303-Fc: (2521) D43G/N45D/L56Q/ SA IL16_G4S_SA_PD-L1V58A/G101 (2524) 303_2xG4S_PD-L1 303_2xG4S_ G-ins 2xG4S PD-L1303_2xG4S_Fc (G101GG) (240) (303) PD-L1/PD-L2 IgV and CTLA-4 ECD CTLA-42520-PD-L1 303-Fc: 2532 2533 CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS FcCTLA-4-2520_GSGGS_2xG4S_ ECD: D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (2523) (1715) PD-L1303_G4S_GS_G4S_Fc A31Y/L106E V58A/G101 2xG4S (2520) G-ins (240) (G101GG)G4S (303) (1942) GS_G4S (1941) CTLA-4 2520-PD-L2 1417-Fc: 2534 2535CTLA-4- PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Fc CTLA-4-2520_GSGGS_2xG4S_ ECD:H15Q/T47A/K65R/ (2523) (1715) PD-L2 1417_G4S_GS_G4S_Fc A31Y/L106ES67L/Q82R/ 2xG4S (2520) V89D (240) (1417) G4S (1942) GS_G4S (1941) PD-L1303-CTLA-4 2519-Fc: 2536 2537 CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Fc PD-L1303_GSGGS_2xG4S_ ECD: D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (2523) (1715) CTLA-42519_G4S_GS_G4S_Fc A31Y/L106E V58A/G101 2xG4S (2519) G-ins (240)(G101GG) G4S (303) (1942) GS_G4S (1941) PD-L2 1417-CTLA-4 2519-Fc: 25382539 CTLA-4- PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Fc (1715) PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_2xG4S_ ECD:H15Q/T47A/K65R/ (2523) CTLA-4 2519_G4S_GS_G4S_Fc A31Y/L106E S67L/Q82R/2xG4S (2519) V89D (240) (1417) G4S (1942) GS_G4S (1941) PD-L1303-Fc-CTLA-4 2520: 2540 2541 CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Fc (1715) PD-L1303_GSGGS_G4S_Fc_ ECD: D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (2523) 3xGGGGS_CTLA-4 2520A31Y/L106E V58A/G101 G4S (2520) G-ins (1942) (G101GG) 3xG4S (303) (239)PD-L2 1417-Fc-CTLA-4 2520: 2542 2543 CTLA-4- PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Fc (1715)PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_G4S_Fc_ ECD: H15Q/T47A/K65R/ (2523) 3xGGGGS_CTLA-42520A31Y/L106E S67L/Q82R/ G4S (2520) V89D (1942) (1417) 3xG4S (239) PD-L1303-CTLA-4 3495-Fc: 3561 3518 CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Fc (1715) PD-L1303_GSGGS_G4Sx2_ wild-type D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (2523) CTLA-43495_G4S_GSG4S_Fc (3495) V58A/G101 2xG4S G-ins (240) (G101GG) G4S (303)(1942) GSG4S (1941) PD-L2 1417-CTLA-4 3495-Fc: 3562 3519 CTLA-4- PD-L2IgV: GSGGS Fc (1715) PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_G4Sx2_ wild-type H15Q/T47A/K65R/(2523) CTLA-4 3495_G4S_GSG4S_Fc (3495) S67L/Q82R/ 2xG4S V89D (240)(1417) G4S (1942) GSG4S (1941) CTLA-4 2655-PD-L1 303 -Fc: 3563 3520CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Fc (1715) CTLA-4 2655_GSGGS_G4Sx2_ wild-typeD43G/N45D/L5 2xG4S PD-L1 303_G4S_GSG4S_Fc (2655) 6Q/V58A/G101 (2523)G-ins (240) (G101GG) G4S (303) (1942) GSG4S (1941) PD-L1 303-CTLA-42655-Fc: 3564 3521 CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Fc (1715) PD-L1303_GSGGS_G4Sx2_ wild-type D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (2523) CTLA-42655_G4S_GSG4S_Fc (2655) V58A/G101 2xG4S G-ins (240) (G101GG) G4S (303)(1942) GSG4S (1941) CTLA-4 3037-PD-L1 303-Fc: 3565, 3522, CTLA-4- PD-L1IgV: GSGGS Fc (1715) CTLA-4 3037_GSGGS_G4Sx2_ 3665 3666 G29W/N58S/D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (2523) PD-L1 303_G4S_GSG4S_Fc L63P/Q82R/ V58A/G101 2xG4SL98Q/Y105L G-ins (240) (3037) (G101GG) G4S (303) (1942) GSG4S (1941)PD-L1 303-CTLA-4 3037-Fc: 3566, 3523, CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Fc (1715)PD-L1 303_CTLA-4 3037_ 3667 3668 G29W/N58S/ D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (2523)GSGGS_G4Sx2_G4S_GSG4S_Fc L63P/Q82R/ V58A/G101 2xG4S L98Q/Y105L G-ins(240) (3037) (G101GG) G4S (303) (1942) GSG4S (1941) PD-L1 303-Fc-CTLA-43037: 3567 3524 CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GSG4S Fc (1715) PD-L1303_GSG4S_Fc_G4Sx3_ G29W/N58S/ D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (1941) CTLA-4 3037L63P/Q82R/ V58A/G101 3xG4S L98Q/Y105L G-ins (239) (3037) (G101GG) (303)CTLA-4 3037-Fc-PD-L1 303: 3669 3670 CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GSG4S Fc (1715)CTLA-4 3037_GSG4S_Fc_PD-L1 G29W/N58S/ D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (1941) 303L63P/Q82R/ V58A/G101 3xG4S L98Q/Y105L G-ins (239) (3037) (G101GG) (303)CTLA4 3037-Fc-PD-L1 303: 3671 3672 CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GSG4S Fc (1715)CTLA-4 G29W/N58S/ D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (1941) 3037_GSG4S_Fc_3xG4S_PD-L1L63P/Q82R/ V58A/G101 3xG4S 303 L98Q/Y105L G-ins (239) (3037) (G101GG)(303) CTLA-4 3060-PD-L1 303-Fc: 3673 3674 CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Fc(1715) CTLA-4 L12F/R16H/ D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (2523) 3060_GSGGS(G4S)2_PD-L1G29W/M56T/ V58A/G101 2x G4S 303_G4SGSG4S_Fc L98Q/Y105L G-ins (240) ECD(G101GG) G4S (303) (1942) GSG4S (1941) PD-L1 303-CTLA4 3060-Fc 3675 3676CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Fc (1715) PD-L1 L12F/R16H/ D43G/N45D/L56Q/(2523) 303_GSGGS(G4S)2_CTLA-4 G29W/M56T/ V58A/G101 2x G4S3060_G4SGSG4S_Fc L98Q/Y105L G-ins (240) ECD (G101GG) G4S (303) (1942)GSG4S (1941) PD-L1 IgV Multimers and CTLA-4 ECD CTLA-4 2519-PD-L1303-PD- 3236 2531 CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: GGGGS Fc (3579) L1 303-PD-L1303-Fc: ECD: D43G/N45D/L56Q/ SA CTLA-4 2519_G4S_SA_PD-L1 A31Y/L106EV58A/G101 (2524) 303_G4Sx2_PD-L1 303_G4Sx2_ (2519) G-ins 2xG4S PD-L1303_G4Sx2_Fc (G101GG) (240) (303) PD-L1 IgV and ICOSL IgV PD-L1303-ICOSL 2266-Fc: 3559 3516 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Fc (1715) PD-L1303_GSGGS_G4Sx2_ N52H/Q100R D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (2523) ICOSL2266_G4S_GSG4S_Fc (2266) V58A/G101 2xG4S G-ins (240) (G101GG) G4S (303)(1942) GSG4S (1941) PD-L1 303-ICOSL 2264-Fc: 3560 3517 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1IgV: GSGGS Fc (1715) PD-LI 303_GSGGS_G4Sx2_ N52H/N57Y/ D43G/N45D/L56Q/(2523) ICOSL 2264_G4S_GSG4S_Fc Q100R V58A/G101 2xG4S (2264) G-ins (240)(G101GG) G4S (303) (1942) GSG4S (1941) CD155 IgV and CTLA-4 ECD CTLA-43060-CD 155 665-Fc 3651 3652 CTLA-4- CD155 IgV: 3xG4S Fc (1715) CTLA-43060_G4Sx3_CD 155 L12F/R16H/ P18S/S65W/S6 (239) 665_GSG4S_Fc G29W/M56T/7A/M90V/V95A/ GSG4S L98Q/Y105L L104Q/G111R (1941) (3060) (665) CD 155665-CTLA-4 3037-Fc 3653 3654 CTLA-4- CD155 IgV: 3xG4S Fc (1715) CD 155665_G4SX3_CTLA-4 G29W/N58S/ P18S/S65W/S67A/ (239) 3037_GSG4S_FcL63P/Q82R/ M90V/V95A/ GSG4S L98Q/Y105L L104Q/G111R (1941) (3037) (665)CD155 IgV/PDL1 IgV and CTLA-4ECD PD-L1 303 -CD155 665-CTLA-4 3663 3664CTLA-4- PD-L1 IgV: 3xG4S Fc (1715) 3037-Fc G29W/N58S/ D43G/N45D/L56Q/(239) PD-L1 303_3XG4S_CD155 L63P/Q82R/ V58A/G101 GSG4S 665_3XG4S_CTLA-4L98Q/Y105L G-ins (1941) 3037_GSG4S_Fc (3037) (G101GG) (303) CD155 IgV:P18S/S65W/S67A/ M90V/V95A/ L104Q/G111R (665) CD155 IgV and CD58 Ig CD155665-CD58 3650-Fc 3659 3660 CD58 CD155 IgV: 3xG4S Fc (1715) CD155665_3XG4S_CD58 wild-type P18S/S65W/S67A/ (239) 3650_GSG4S_Fc (3650)M90V/V95A/ GSG4S L104Q/G111R (1941) (665) CD58 3650-CD155 665-Fc 36613662 CD58 CD155 IgV: 3xG4S Fc (1715) CD58 3650_3XG4S_CD155 wild-typeP18S/S65W/S67A/ (239) 665_GSG4S_Fc (3650) M90V/V95A/ GSG4S L104Q/G111R(1941) (665) PD-L1/L2 IgV and CD58 Ig CD58 3650-PD-L1 303-Fc 3679 3680CD58 PD-L1 IgV: 3xG4S Fc (1715) CD58 365O_3XG4S_PD-L1 wild-typeD43G/N45D/L56Q/ (239) 303_GSG4S_Fc (3650) V58A/G101 GSG4S G-ins (1941)(G101GG) (303) PD-L1 303-CD58 3650-Fc 3681 3682 CD58 PD-L1 IgV: 3xG4S Fc(1715) PD-L1 303_3XG4S_CD58 wild-type D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (239)3650_GSG4S_Fc (3650) V58A/G101 GSG4S G-ins (1941) (G101GG) (303)Reference CTLA-4 3037-Fc: 3572 3529 CTLA-4- — GSG4S Fc (1715) CTLA-43037_GSG4S_Fc G29W/N58S/ (1941) L63P/Q82R/ L98Q/Y105L (3037) CTLA-436-Fc: 3573 3530 CTLA-4- — GSG4S Fc (1715) CTLA-4 36_GSG4S_Fc wild-type(1941) (36) ICOSL 2081-Fc 3536 3537 ICOSL — AAA Fc (1157) ECD:N52H/Q100R (2081) PD-L1 303-Fc: 3574 3531 — PD-L1 IgV: 2xG4S Fc (1715)PD-L1 303_GSG4S_Fc D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (240) V58A/G101 G-ins (G101GG) (303)PD-L2 303-Fc: 3575 3532 — PD-L2 ECD: AAA Fc (1157) PD-L2 31_AAA_FcWild-type (31) PD-L1 303-Fc: 3539 3540 — PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Fc (3538)PD-L1 303_GSGGS_G4S_Fc D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (2523) V58A/G101 G4S G-ins (1942)(G101GG) (303) PD-L1 303-PD-L1 303-Fc: 3541 3542 — PD-L1 IgV: 3xG4S Fc(3538) PD-L1 303_G4Sx3_PD-L1 303_ D43G/N45D/L56Q/ (239) GSG4S_FcV58A/G101 GSG4S G-ins (1941) (G101GG) (303)

In some configurations, the generated multi-domain immunomodulatory Fcfusion proteins further contained a moiety for detection and/orpurification, such as a poly-histidine tag (HHHHHH; SEQ ID NO: 2011) ora flag-tag (DYKDDDDK; SEQ ID NO: 2010). In such examples, the resultingimmunomodulatory Fc fusion protein was generated as a heterodimer inwhich the ARBM or IRBM were each tagged with a different moiety and eachfused to either an Fc K chain or an Fc D chain as part of the K/D chainsystem. In exemplary generated molecules, the exemplary K chain setforth in SEQ ID NO:2544 contained mutations to positively chargedresidues (E356K, E357K and D399K by EU numbering) and the exemplary Dchain set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2545 contained mutations to negativelycharged residues (K370D, K392D and K409D by EU numbering), such that,when co-expressed in a cell, association between the K and D chains waspossible but the chains did not substantially self-associate due tocharge repulsion. In addition, the above mutations were made in an Fcbackbone having an allotype containing residues Glu (E) and Met (M) atpositions 356 and 358, and also contained mutations C220S, L234A, L235Eand G237A by EU numbering.

K- chain, SEQ ID NO: 2544 EPKSSDKTHTCPPCPAPEAEGAPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRKKMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLKSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPG D-chain,SEQ ID NO: 2545 EPKSSDKTHTCPPCPAPEAEGAPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSH EDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVDGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYDTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSDLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPG

Table E3A describe exemplary generated multi-domain immunomodulatory Fcfusion proteins.

TABLE E3A Multimeric Heterodimer Multi-Domain Immunomodulatory ProteinsDNA Protein ARBM IRBM Linker SEQ SEQ (SEQ (SEQ (SEQ Description ID NO IDNO ID NO) ID NO) ID NO) Fc Moiety PD-L1/PD-L2 vIgD and ICOSLvIgD PD-L21417 − Fc + 2546 2547 — PD-L2 IgV: G4S K chain Flag tag ICOSL 2244 − Fc:H15Q/T47A/ (1942) (2544) (2010) (1) PD-L2 K65R/S67L/ 1417_G4S_FcQ82R/V89D K chain_Flag (1417) (2) ICOSL 2244 2548 2549 ICOSL IgV: — G4SD chain His tag 2244_G4S_Fc wildtype (1942) (2545) (2011) D chain_His(2244) PD-L2 1417 − Fc + 2546 2547 — PD-L2 IgV: G4S K chain Flag tagICOSL 2264 − Fc: H15Q/T47A/ (1942) (2544) (2010) (1) PD-L2 K65R/S67L/1417_G4S_Fc Q82R/V89D K chain_Flag (1417) (2) ICOSL 2550 2551 ICOSL IgV:— G4S D chain His tag 2264_G4S_Fc N52H/ (1942) (2545) (2011) D chain_HisN57Y/ Q100R (2264) PD-L1 303 − Fc + 2552 2553 — PD-L1 IgV: G4S K chainFlag tag ICOSL 2244 − Fc: D43G/N45D/ (1942) (2544) (2010) (1) PD-L1L56Q/V58A/ 303_G4S_Fc G101G-ins K chain_Flag (G101GG) (303) (2) ICOSL2548 2549 ICOSL IgV: — G4S D chain His tag 2244_G4S_Fc wildtype (1942)(2545) (2011) D chain_His (2244) PD-L1 303 − Fc + 2552 2553 — PD-L1 IgV:G4S K chain Flag tag ICOSL 2264 − Fc: D43G/N45D/ (1942) (2544) (2010)(1) PD-L1 L56Q/V58A/ 303_G4S_Fc G101G-ins K chain_Flag (G101GG) (303)(2) ICOSL 2550 2551 ICOSL IgV: — G4S D chain His tag 2264_G4S_Fc N52H/(1942) (2545) (2011) D chain_His N57Y/ Q100R (2264) PD-L1/PD-L2 vIgD andCD80/CD86 vIgD PD-L2 1417 − Fc + 2546 2547 — PD-L2 IgV: G4S K chain Flagtag CD80 2615 − Fc: H15Q/T47A/ (1942) (2544) (2010) (1) PD-L2 K65R/S67L/1417_G4S_Fc Q82R/V89D K chain_Flag (1417) (2) CD80 2554 2555 CD80 IgV: —G4S D chain His tag 2615_G4S_Fc wildtype (1942) (2545) (2011) Dchain_His (2615) PD-L2 1417 − Fc + 2546 2547 — PD-L2 IgV: G4S K chainFlag tag CD80 1152 − Fc: H15Q/T47A/ (1942) (2544) (2010) (1) PD-L2K65R/S67L/ 1417_G4S_Fc Q82R/V89D K chain_Flag (1417) (2) CD80 2556 2557CD80 IgV: — G4S D chain His tag 1121_G4S_Fc V22L/ (1942) (2545) (2011) Dchain_His E35G/ A71D/ L72P (2616) PD-L1 303 − Fc + 2552 2553 — PD-L1IgV: G4S K chain Flag tag CD80 2615 − Fc: D43G/N45D/ (1942) (2544)(2010) (1) PD-L1 L56Q/V58A/ 303_G4S_Fc G101G-ins K chain_Flag (G101GG)(303) (2) CD80 2554 2555 CD80 IgV: — G4S D chain His tag 2615_G4S_Fcwildtype (1942) (2545) (2011) D chain_His (2615) PD-L1 303 − Fc + 25522553 — PD-L1 IgV: G4S K chain Flag tag CD80 2616 − Fc: D43G/N45D/ (1942)(2544) (2010) (1) PD-L1 L56Q/V58A/ 303_G4S_Fc G101G-ins K chain_Flag(G101GG) (303) (2) CD80 2556 2557 CD80 IgV: — G4S D chain His tag1121_G4S_Fc V22L/ (1942) (2545) (2011) D chain_His E35G/ A71D/ L72P(2616)

In another strategy, multimeric multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinswere generated as heterodimeric molecules by “knobs-into-hole”engineering. In such an example, the heterodimer was generated byco-expressing an ARBM and an IRBM that each were fused to either (1) afirst “knob” Fc subunit (set forth in SEQ ID NO:1153 or 2558 containingthe mutations S354C and T366W by EU numbering, corresponding to S139Cand T151W with reference to wild-type human IgG1 Fc set forth in SEQ IDNO:187); and (2) a second “hole” Fc subunit (set forth in SEQ ID NO:1154and 2559, containing the mutations Y349C, T366S, L368A and Y407V by EUnumbering, corresponding to Y134C, T151S, L153A and Y192V with referenceto wild-type human IgG1 Fc set forth in SEQ ID NO:187) for expression ofa heterodimeric molecule. In addition, both the knob and hole Fc alsocontained mutations L19A, L20E, G22A to reduce effector function andcontained replacement of the cysteine residue to a serine residue atposition 5 (C5S), each compared to the wild-type or unmodified Fc setforth in SEQ ID NO: 187 (corresponding to C220S, L234A, L235E and G237Aby EU numbering, respectively). Each chain of the heterodimer alsofurther contained a moiety for detection and/or purification, such as apoly-histidine tag (HHHHHH; SEQ ID NO: 2011) or a flag-tag (DYKDDDDK;SEQ ID NO: 2010).

Knob Fc (SEQ ID NO: 1153): EPKSSDKTHTCPPCPAPEAEGAPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPCREEMTKNQVSLWCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPGKKnob Fc (SEQ ID NO: 2558): EPKSSDKTHTCPPCPAPEAEGAPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPCREEMTKNQVSLWCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPGHole Fc (SEQ ID NO: 1154): EPKSSDKTHTCPPCPAPEAEGAPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVCTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLSCAVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLVSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPGKHole Fc (SEQ ID NO: 2559): EPKSSDKTHTCPPCPAPEAEGAPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVCTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLSCAVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLVSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPG

Table E3B describe exemplary generated multi-domain immunomodulatory Fcfusion proteins.

TABLE E3B Multimeric Heterodimer Multi-Domain Immunomodulatory ProteinsDNA Protein ARBM IRBM Linker SEQ SEQ (SEQ (SEQ (SEQ Description ID NO IDNO ID NO) ID NO) ID NO) Fc Moiety PD-L1/PD-L2 vIgD and CTLA-4 ECD CTLA-42519 − Fc + 2525 2526 CTLA-4 — G4S Knob Hag PD-L2 1417 − Fc: ECD: (1942)Fc (2010) (1) CTLA-4 A31Y/ (1153) 2519_G4S_Knob L106E Fc_Flag (2519) (2)PD-L2 2527 2528 — PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Hole His 1417_GSGGS_ H15Q/T47A/(2523) Fc (2011) 2 × G4S_Hole K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S (1154) Fc_His Q82R/V89D(240) (1417) CTLA-4 2519 − Fc + 2525 2526 CTLA-4 — G4S Knob Hag PD-L1303 − Fc: ECD: (1942) Fc (2010) (1) CTLA-4 A31Y/ (1153) variant L106EECD_G4S_ (2519) KnobFc_Flag (2) PD-L1 2560 2561 — PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS HoleHis 303_GSGGS_ D43G/N45D/ (2523) Fc (2011) 2 × G4S_Hole L56Q/V58A/ 2 ×G4S (1154) Fc_His G101G-ins (240) (G101GG) (303) PD-L1/PD-L2 vIgD andICOSLvIgD PD-L1 303 − 3556 3513 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Knob — ICOSL2266 − N52H/ D43G/N45D/ (2523) Fc Fc + Fc: Q100R L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S(1153) (1) PD-L1 (2266) G101G-ins (240) 303_ICOSL (G101GG) G4S 2266_G4S_(303) (1942) Knob GSG4S Fc_Flag (1941) (2) Stuffer_ 3557 3514 — — AAAStaffer — AAA_ (1156) Hole Fc Hole Fc (1154) PD-L1 3558 3515 ICOSL IgV:PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Knob — 303 − ICOSL N52H/ D43G/N45D/ (2523) Fc 2264 −Fc + Fc: N57Y/ L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S (1153) (1) PD-L1 Q100R G101G-ins (240)303_GSGGS_ (2264) (G101GG) G4S 2 × G4S (303) (1942) ICOSL GSG4S2264_G4S_ (1941) GSG4S_ Knob Fc (2) Stuffer_ 3557 3514 — — AAA Staffer —AAA_ (1156) Hole Fc Hole Fc (1154) Reference PD-L1 303 − 3576 3533 — —AAA Knob — Fc + Fc: Fc (1) Stuffer_ (1153) AAA_ Knob Fc (2) PD-L1 35773534 — PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Hole His 303_GSGGS_ D43G/N45D/ (2523) Fc (2011)2 × G4S_ L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S (2559) Hole Fc_His G101G-ins (240) (G101GG)(303) PD-L2 1417 − 3576 3533 — — AAA Knob — Fc + Fc: Fc (1) Stuffer_(1153) AAA_ Knob Fc (2) PD-L2 3581 3512 — PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Hole His1417_GSGGS_ H15Q/T47A/ (2523) Fc (2011) 2 × G4 S_ K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S(2559) Hole Fc_His Q82R/V89D (240) (1417)

In some cases, the multimeric multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinswere generated as trimeric, tetrameric, or pentameric molecules. In suchconfigurations, the immunomodulatory proteins containing an ARBM andIRBM were generated as fusions with: a portion of the cartilageoligomeric matrix protein (COMP) assembly domain as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 3503 (e.g. amino acids 29-72 of the full length COMP, Uniprotaccession number P49747) for promoting pentamerization of the proteins;a vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) tetramerization domain asset forth in SEQ ID NO: 3504 (e.g. amino acids 343-375 of the fulllength VASP; Uniprot accession number P50552) for promotingtetramerization of the proteins; or a ZymoZipper (ZZ) 12.6 domain as setforth in SEQ ID NO: 3505 (See U.S. Pat. No. 7,655,439) for promotingtrimerization of the proteins. The multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins also further contained a moiety for detection and/orpurification, such as a poly-histidine tag (HHHHHH; SEQ ID NO: 2011),flag-tag (DYKDDDDK; SEQ ID NO: 2010), or both.

Table E4 describe exemplary generated multimeric multi-domainimmunomodulatory Fc fusion proteins.

TABLE E4 Multimeric Heterodimer Multi-Domain Immunomodulatory ProteinsMultimeri- zation DNA Protein ARBM IRBM Linker Domain Moiety SEQ SEQ(SEQ (SEQ (SEQ (SEQ ID (SEQ Description ID NO ID NO ID NO) ID NO) ID NO)NO) ID NO) PD-L1/PD-L2 IgV and ICOSL IgV PD-L1 303 − ICOSL 3551 3507ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: 3 × G4S COMP Flag 2264 − COMP: N52H/ D43G/N45D/(239) (3503) (2010) PD-L1 303_3 × G4S_ N57Y/ L56Q/V58A/ His ICOSL 2264 3× G4S_ Q100R G101G-ins (2011) COMP_Flag_His (2264) (G101GG) (303) PD-L1303 − ICOSL 3553 3509 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: 3 × G4S VASP Flag 2264 −VASP: N52H/ D43G/N45D/ (239) (3504) (2010) PD-L1 303_3 × G4S_ N57Y/L56Q/V58A/ His ICOSL 2264 3 × G4S_ Q100R G101G-ins (2011) VASP_Flag_His(2264) (G101GG) (303) PD-L1 303 − 3 × 3677 3678 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: 3× G4S ZZ12.6 Flag G4S −ICOSL 2264 − N52H/ D43G/N45D/ (239) (3505) (2010)G4S ZZ12.6 N57Y/ L56Q/V58A/ His FLAG His6 Q100R G101G-ins (2011) (2264)(G101GG) (303) Reference PD-L1 303 − COMP: 3550 3506 — PD-L1 IgV: 3 ×G4S COMP Flag PD-L1 303_3 × G4S_ D43G/N45D/ (239) (3503) (2010)COMP_Flag_His L56Q/V58A/ His G101G-ins (2011) (G101GG) (303) PD-L1 303 −VASP: 3552 3508 — PD-L1 IgV: 3 × G4S VASP Flag PD-L1 303_3 × G4S_D43G/N45D/ (239) (3504) (2010) VASP_Flag_His L56Q/V58A/ His G101G-ins(2011) (G101GG) (303) ZZ12.6-PD-L1 303: 3554 3510 — PD-L1 IgV: G4SZZ12.6 Flag Flag_His_G4S_ D43G/N45D/ (1942) (3505) (2010) ZZ12.6_PD-L1303 L56Q/V58A/ His G101G-ins (2011) (G101GG) (303) PD-L1 303 − ZZ12.6:3555 3511 — PD-L1 IgV: 3 × G4S ZZ12.6 Flag PD-L1 303_3 × G4S_ D43G/N45D/(239) (3505) (2010) ZZ12.6_Flag_His L56Q/V58A/ His G101G-ins (2011)(G101GG) (303)

Nucleic acid molecule encoding the immunomodulatory proteins alsocontained residues encoding the exemplary signal peptideMGSTAILALLLAVLQGVSA (set forth in SEQ ID NO: 186). Expression constructsencoding Fc fusion proteins of interest were transiently expressed inExpi293 HEK293 cells (e.g. Invitrogen) with Expifectamine™ reagents andmedia following the manufacture'r instructions. Supernatants wereharvested and protein was captured and eluted from a Protein A columnusing an AKTA protein purification system. The eluted material was thenseparated by an additional preparative SEC step to generatenon-aggregated (monomeric), highly purified material. This material wasbuffer exchanged into 10 mM Acetate, 9% Sucrose, pH 5.0. (A5Su) Theprotein was vialed in a sterile biosafety cabinet and frozen at −80 C. Avial was thawed and assessed by analytical SEC to demonstrate thematerial was stable and predominantly non-aggregated (monomeric) afterthaw.

B. Monomeric Configurations

In some configurations, the generated multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins were generated as monomeric molecules containing an ARBM and anIRBM linked together with a peptide linker. Exemplary linkers used inthe generated proteins included GSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 2523), GGGGS (G4S; SEQID NO: 1942), GSGGGGS (SEQ ID NO: 1941), GGGGSGGGGS (2×GGGGS; SEQ ID NO:240), GGGGSGGGGSGGGGS (3×GGGGS; SEQ ID NO: 239), GGGGSSA (SEQ ID NO:2524), or any combinations thereof. In some cases, the monomericimmunomodulatory proteins also contained an N- or C-terminal moiety fordetection and/or purification, such as a poly-histidine tag (HHHHHH; SEQID NO:2011) and/or a flag-tag (DYKDDDDK; SEQ ID NO: 2010). Nucleic acidmolecules encoding the monomeric immunomodulatory proteins alsocontained residues encoding the exemplary signal peptideMGSTAILALLLAVLQGVSA (set forth in SEQ ID NO: 186).

Table E5 describes exemplary generated multi-domain immunomodulatorymonomeric proteins.

TABLE E5 Monomeric Multi-Domain Immunomodulatory Proteins DNA ProteinARBM IRBM Linker Moiety SEQ SEQ ID (SEQ (SEQ (SEQ (SEQ ID Description IDNO NO ID NO) ID NO) ID NO) NO) PD-L1/PD-L2 vIgD and OKT3 scFv OKT3 −PD-L1 303: 2562 2563 OKT3 scFv PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag OKT3_GSGGS_2 × G4S_(2522) D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) PD-L1 303 IgV_Flag_His L56Q/V58A/ 2 ×G4S His G101G-ins (240) (2011) (G101GG) (303) OKT3 − PD-L2 1417: 25642565 OKT3 scFv PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag OKT3_GSGGS_2 × G4S_ (2522)H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) PD-L2 variant K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S HisIgV_Flag_His Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) (1417) PD-L1 303 − OKT3: 2566 2567OKT3 scFv PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L1 variant (2522) D43G/N45D/ (2523)(2010) IgV_GSGGS_2 × G4S_ L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His OKT3 scFv_Flag_HisG101G-ins (240) (2011) (G101GG) (303) PD-L2 1417 − OKT3: 2568 2569 OKT3scFv PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L2 variant (2522) H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010)IgV_GSGGS_2 × G4S_ K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His OKT3 scFv_Flag_His Q82R/V89D(240) (2011) (1417) PD-L1/PD-L2 vIgD and IL16 ECD PD-L1 303 − IL16: 25702571 IL16 PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L1 303_GSGGS_ (2521) D43G/N45D/(2523) (2010) 2 × G4S_IL 16_Flag_His L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His G101G-ins(240) (2011) (G101GG) (303) IL16-PD-L1 303: 2572 2573 IL16 PD-L1 IgV:GSGGS Flag IL16_GSGGS_2 × G4S_ (2521) D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) PD-L1303_Flag_His L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His G101G-ins (240) (2011) (G101GG)(303) PD-L2 1417 − IL16: 2574 2575 IL16 PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L21417_GSGGS_ (2521) H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) 2 × G4S_IL16_Flag_HisK65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) (1417) IL16 − PD-L2 1417:2576 2577 IL16 PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag IL16_GSGGS_2 × G4S_ (2521)H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) PD-L2 1417_Flag_His K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S HisQ82R/V89D (240) (2011) (1417) PD-L1/PD-L2 IgV and ICOSL IgV PD-L2 1417 −2578 2579 ICOSL IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag ICOSL 2247: N52D H15Q/T47A/(2523) (2010) PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_ (2247) K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 ×G4S_ICOSL Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 2247_Flag_His (1417) ICOSL 2247 − 25802581 ICOSL IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L2 1417: N52D H15Q/T47A/ (2523)(2010) ICOSL 2247_GSGGS_ (2247) K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_PD-L2Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 1417_Flag_His (1417) PD-L2 1417 − 2582 2583 ICOSLIgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag ICOSL 2266: N52H/ H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010)PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_ Q100R K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S_ICOSL 2266_ (2266) Q82R/V89D2 × G4S His Flag_His (1417) (240) (2011) ICOSL 2266 − 2584 2585 ICOSLIgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L2 1417: N52H/ H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010)ICOSL 2266_GSGGS_ Q100R K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_PD-L2 (2266)Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 1417_Flag_His (1417) PD-L2 1417 − 2586 2587 ICOSLIgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag ICOSL 2264: N52H/ H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010)PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_ N57Y/ K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_ICOSL Q100RQ82R/V89D (240) (2011) 2264_Flag_His (2264) (1417) ICOSL 2264 − 25882589 ICOSL IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L2 1417: N52H/ H15Q/T47A/(2523) (2010) ICOSL 2264_GSGGS_ N57Y/ K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 ×G4S_PD-L2 Q100R Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 1417_Flag_His (2264) (1417) PD-L21417 − 2590 2591 ICOSL IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag ICOSL 2244: wildtypeH15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_ (2244) K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His2 × G4S_ICOSL Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 2244_Flag_His (1417) ICOSL 2244 −2592 2593 ICOSL IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L2 1417: wildtypeH15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) ICOSL 2244_GSGGS_ (2244) K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His2 × G4S_PD-L2 Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 1417_Flag_His (1417) PD-L1 303 −2594 2595 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag ICOSL 2247: N52D D43G/N45D/(2523) (2010) PD-L1 303_GSGGS_ (2247) L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 ×G4S_ICOSL G101G-ins (240) (2011) 2247_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) ICOSL 2247− 2596 2597 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L1 303: N52D D43G/N45D/(2523) (2010) ICOSL 2247_GSGGS_ (2247) L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 ×G4S_PD-L1 G101G-ins (240) (2011) 303_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) PD-L1 303 −2598 2599 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag ICOSL 2266: N52H/ D43G/N45D/(2523) (2010) PD-L1 303_GSGGS_ Q100R L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 ×G4S_ICOSL (2266) G101G-ins (240) (2011) 2266_Flag_His (G101GG) (303)ICOSL 2266 − 2600 2601 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L1 303: N52H/D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) ICOSL 2266_GSGGS_ Q100R L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His2 × G4S_PD-L1 (2266) G101G-ins (240) (2011) 303_Flag_His (G101GG) (303)PD-L1 303 − 2602 2603 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag ICOSL 2264: N52H/D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) PD-L1 303_GSGGS_ N57Y/ L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2× G4S_ICOSL Q100R G101G-ins (240) (2011) 2264_Flag_His (2264) (G101GG)(303) ICOSL 2264 − 2604 2605 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L1 303:N52H/ D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) ICOSL 2264_GSGGS_ N57Y/ L56Q/V58A/ 2 ×G4S His 2 × G4S_PD-L1 Q100R G101G-ins (240) (2011) 303_Flag_His (2264)(G101GG) (303) PD-L1 303 − 2606 2607 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS FlagICOSL 2244: wildtype D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) PD-L1 303_GSGGS_ (2244)L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_ICOSL G101G-ins (240) (2011)2244_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) ICOSL 2244 − 2608 2609 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L1 303: wildtype D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) ICOSL2244_GSGGS_ (2244) L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_PD-L1 G101G-ins (240)(2011) 303_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) PD-L1 303 − 3543 3496 ICOSL IgV:PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag ICOSL 2264: N52H/ D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) PD-L1303_GSGGS_ N57Y/ L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_ICOSL Q100R G101G-ins(240) (2011) 2264_Flag_His (2264) (G101GG) (303) PD-L1 303 − 3544 3497ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag ICOSL 2266: N52H/ D43G/N45D/ (2523)(2010) PD-L1 303_GSGGS_ Q100R L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_ICOSL(2266) G101G-ins (240) (2011) 2266_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) PD-L2 1417 −3545 3498 ICOSL IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag ICOSL 2266: N52H/ H15Q/T47A/(2523) (2010) PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_ Q100R K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 ×G4S_ICOSL (2266) Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 2266_Flag_His (1417) PD-L2 1417− 3546 3499 ICOSL IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag ICOSL 2264: N52H/H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_ N57Y/ K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His2 × G4S_ICOSL Q100R Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 2264_Flag_His (2264) (1417)PD-L1 303 − 3547 3500 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: 3 × G4S Flag PD-L1 303 −N52H/ D43G/N45D/ (239) (2010) ICOSL 2264 − N57Y/ L56Q/V58A/ GSGGS HisICOSL 2264: Q100R G101G-ins (2523) (2011) PD-L1 303_3 × G4S_ (2264)(G101GG) 2 × G4S PD-L1 303_3 × G4S_ (303) (240) COSL 2264_ GSGGS_2 ×G4S_ ICOSL 2264_Flag_His PD-L1 303 − 3548 3501 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: 3 ×G4S Flag ICOSL 2264 − N52H/ D43G/N45D/ (239) (2010) PD-L1 303: N57Y/L56Q/V58A/ GSGGS His PD-L1 303_3 × G4S_ Q100R G101G-ins (2523) (2011)ICOSL 2264_3 × G4S_ (2264) (G101GG) 2 × G4S PD-L1 303_Flag_His (303)(240) PD-L1 303 − 3549 3502 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: 3 × G4S Flag ICOSL2264 − N52H/ D43G/N45D/ (239) (2010) ICOSL 2264 − N57Y/ L56Q/V58A/ GSGGSHis PD-L1 303: Q100R G101G-ins (2523) (2011) PD-L1 303_3 × G4S_ (2264)(G101GG) 2 × G4S ICOSL 2264_3 × G4S_ (303) (240) ICOSL 2264_GSGGS_ 2 ×G4S_PD-L1 303_Flag_His PD-L1 303 − 3578 3535 ICOSL IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGSFlag ICOSL 2244: wildtype D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) PD-L1 303_GSGGS_(2244) L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_ICOSL G101G-ins (240) (2011)2244_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) PD-L1/PD-L2 IgV and CD80/CD86 IgV PD-L21417 − 2611 2612 CD86 IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag CD86 2610: wildtypeH15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_ (2610) K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His2 × G4S_CD86 Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 2610_Flag_His (1417) CD86 2610 −2613 2614 CD86 IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L2 1417: wildtypeH15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) CD86 2610_GSGGS_ (2610) K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His2 × G4S_PD-L2 Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 1417_Flag_His (1417) PD-L2 1417 −2618 2619 CD80 IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag CD80 2615: wildtype H15Q/T47A/(2523) (2010) PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_ (2615) K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 ×G4S_CD80 Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 2615_Flag_His (1417) CD80 2615 − 26202621 CD80 IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L2 1417: wildtype H15Q/T47A/(2523) (2010) CD80 2615_GSGGS_ (2615) K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 ×G4S_PD-L2 Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 1417_Flag_His (1417) PD-L2 1417 − 26222623 CD80 IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag CD80 2616: V22L/E35G/ H15Q/T47A/(2523) (2010) PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_ A71D/L72P K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 ×G4S_CD80 (2616) Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 2616_Flag_His (1417) CD80 2616 −2624 2625 CD80 IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L2 1417: V22L/E35G/H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) CD80 2616_GSGGS_ A71D/L72P K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4SHis 2 × G4S_PD-L2 (2616) Q82R/V89D (240) (2011) 1417_Flag_His (1417)PD-L2 1417 − 2626 2627 CD80 IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS Flag CD80 2617:E35G/K54E/ H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) PD-L2 1417_GSGGS_ A71D/L72PK65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_CD80 (2617) Q82R/V89D (240) (2011)2617_Flag_His (1417) CD80 2617 − 2628 2629 CD80 IgV: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGSFlag PD-L2 1417: E35G/K54E/ H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) CD80 2617_GSGGS_A71D/L72P K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_PD-L2 (2617) Q82R/V89D (240)(2011) 1417_Flag_His (1417) PD-L1 303 − 2630 2631 CD86 IgV: PD-L1 IgV:GSGGS Flag CD86 2610: wildtype D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) PD-L1 303_GSGGS_(2610) L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_CD86 G101G-ins (240) (2011)2610_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) CD86 2610 − 2632 2633 CD86 IgV: PD-L1 IgV:GSGGS Flag PD-L1 303: wildtype D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) CD86 2610_GSGGS_(2610) L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_PD-L1 G101G-ins (240) (2011)303_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) PD-L1 303 − 2634 2635 CD80 IgV: PD-L1 IgV:GSGGS Flag CD80 2615: wildtype D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) PD-L1 303_GSGGS_(2615) L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_CD80 G101G-ins (240) (2011)2615_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) CD80 2615 − 2636 2637 CD80 IgV: PD-L1 IgV:GSGGS Flag PD-L1 303: wildtype D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) CD80 2615_GSGGS_(2615) L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_PD-L1 G101G-ins (240) (2011)303_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) PD-L1 303 − 2638 2639 CD80 IgV: PD-L1 IgV:GSGGS Flag CD80 2616: V22L/E35G/ D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) PD-L1303_GSGGS_ A71D/L72P L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_CD80 (2616)G101G-ins (240) (2011) 2616_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) CD80 2616 − 26402641 CD80 IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag PD-L1 303: V22L/E35G/ D43G/N45D/(2523) (2010) CD80 2616_GSGGS_ A71D/L72P L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 ×G4S_PD-L1 (2616) G101G-ins (240) (2011) 303_Flag_His (G101GG) (303)PD-L1 303 − 2642 2643 CD80 IgV: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS Flag CD80 2617:E35G/K54E/ D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) PD-L1 303_GSGGS_ A71D/L72PL56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_CD80 (2617) G101G-ins (240) (2011)2617_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) CD80 2617 − 2644 2645 CD80 IgV: PD-L1 IgV:GSGGS Flag PD-L1 303: E35G/K54E/ D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) CD802617_GSGGS_ A71D/L72P L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_PD-L1 (2617)G101G-ins (240) (2011) 303_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) PD-L1/PD-L2 IgV andCTLA-4 ECD CTLA-4 2520 − 2646 2647 CTLA-4 ECD: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS FlagPD-L1 303: A31Y/L106E D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) CTLA-4 2519_GSGGS_ (2520)L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_PD-L1 G101G-ins (240) (2011) 303_Flag_His(G101GG) (303) CTLA-4 2520 − 2648 2649 CTLA-4 ECD: PD-L2 IgV: GSGGS FlagPD-L2 1417: A31Y/L106E H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) CTLA-4 2520 _GSGGS_(2520) K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_PD-L2 1417_ Q82R/V89D (240) (2011)Flag_His (1417) PD-L1 303 − 2650 2651 CTLA-4 ECD: PD-L1 IgV: GSGGS FlagCTLA-4 2520: A31Y/L106E D43G/N45D/ (2523) (2010) PD-L1 303_GSGGS_ (2520)L56Q/V58A/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_CTLA-4 G101G-ins (240) (2011)2520_Flag_His (G101GG) (303) PD-L2 1417 − 2652 2653 CTLA-4 ECD: PD-L2IgV: GSGGS Flag CTLA-4 2520: A31Y/L106E H15Q/T47A/ (2523) (2010) PD-L21417_GSGGS_ (2520) K65R/S67L/ 2 × G4S His 2 × G4S_CTLA-4 Q82R/V89D (240)(2011) 2520_Flag_His (1417) PD-L1/L2 and CD58 IgV PD-L1 303 − 3683 3684CD58 PD-L1 IgV: 3XG4S Flag PD-L1 303 − wild-type D43G/N45D/ (239) (2010)CD58 3650 − CD58 3650 (3650) L56Q/V58A/ GSG4S His PD-L1 303_3XG4S_G101G-ins (1941) (2011) PD-L1 303_3XG4S_ (G101GG) CD58 3650_3XG4S_ (303)CD58 3650_GSG4S_ FLAG_His6 CD58 3650 − 3685 3686 CD58 PD-L1 IgV: 3XG4SFlag CD58 3650 − wild-type D43G/N45D/ (239) (2010) PD-L1 303 − (3650)L56Q/V58A/ GSG4S His PD-L1 303 G101G-ins (1941) (2011) CD58 3650_(G101GG) 3XG4S_CD58 3650 (303) 3XG4S_PD-L1 303 3XG4S_PD-L1 303GSG4S_FLAG_His6 Flag (2010) His (2011) CD58 3650 − 3687 3688 CD58 PD-L1IgV: 3XG4S Flag PD-L1 303 − wild-type D43G/N45D/ (239) (2010) PD-L1 303− (3650) L56Q/V58A/ GSG4S His CD58 3650_ G101G-ins (1941) (2011) CD583650_3XG4S_ (G101GG) PD-L1 303_3XG4S_ (303) PD-L1 303_3XG4S_ CD58_GSG4S_FLAG_His6 CD155 IgV and ICOSL IgV CD155 665 − 3655 3656 ICOSL IgV: CD155IgV: 3XG4S Flag CD155 665 − N52H/ P18S/S65W/ (1942) (2011) ICOSL 2264 −N57Y/ S67A/M90V/ G4S His ICOSL 2264 Q100R V95A/L104Q/ (239) (2010) CD155(2264) G111R 665_3XG4S_CD155 (665) 665_3XG4S_ICOSL 2264_3XG4S_ICOSL2264_G4S_Flag_His CD155 665 − 3657 3658 ICOSL IgV: CD155 IgV: 3XG4S FlagICOSL 2264 − N52H/ P18S/S65W/ (1942) (2011) ICOSL 2264 − N57Y/S67A/M90V/ G4S His CD155 665 Q100R V95A/L104Q/ (239) (2010) CD155 (2264)G111R 665_3XG4S_ICOSL (665) 2264_3XG4S_ICOSL 2264_3XG4S_CD1552265_G4S_Flag_His Reference PD-L1 303: 3568 3525 — PD-L1 IgV: — FlagPD-L1 303_ D43G/N45D/ (2011) Flag_His L56Q/V58A/ His G101G-ins (2010)(G101GG) (303) PD-L2 1417: 3569 3526 — PD-L2 IgV: GS Flag PD-L2 1417_GS_H15Q/T47A/ (2010) Flag_GS_His K65R/S67L/ His Q82R/V89D (2011) (1417)ICOSL 2266: 3570 3527 ICOSL IgV: — — Flag ICOSL 2266_ N52H/ (2010)Flag_His Q100R His (2266) (2011) ICOSL 2264: 3571 3528 ICOSL IgV: — —Flag ICOSL 2264_ N52H/ (2010) Flag_His N57Y/ His Q100R (2011) (2264)

Example 2 Assessment of Binding of Multi-Domain ImmunomodulatoryProteins to Binding Partners

This Example describes binding studies of purified proteins generated asdescribed in Example 1 to assess specificity and affinity of variousmulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins for two different bindingpartners. Binding studies were carried out on cells transfected withrelevant binding partners of the IRBM or ARBM of the multi-domainmolecules.

For staining by flow cytometry, 100,000 cells expressing the variouscell-expressed binding partners were plated in 96-well round-bottomplates. Cells were spun down and resuspended in staining buffer (PBS(phosphate buffered saline), 1% BSA (bovine serum albumin), 1 mM EDTA,and 0.1% sodium azide) for 20 minutes to block non-specific binding.Afterwards, cells were centrifuged again and resuspended in 50 μLstaining buffer containing 100 nM of molecules containing exemplarymulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins. As a control, binding wasassessed on 100 nM of respective individual ARBM and IRBM molecules.

Primary staining was performed on ice for 45 minutes, before washingcells twice in 200 μL staining buffer. PE-conjugated anti-human Fc(Jackson ImmunoResearch, USA) or PE-conjugated anti-FLAG (BioLegend,USA) was diluted 1:150 in 50 μL staining buffer and added to cells andincubated another 30 minutes on ice. Secondary antibody was washed outtwice, cells were fixed in 4% formaldehyde/PBS, and samples wereanalyzed on Intellicyt flow cytometer (Intellicyt Corp., USA). MeanFluorescence Intensity (MFI) was calculated with FlowJo Version 10software (FlowJo LLC, USA).

A. PD-L1/PD-L2 and IL16/CTLA-4/OKT3 Molecules

Binding studies were carried out on 100,000 CHO cells stably transducedwith PD-1 (CHO/PD-1 cells) or K562 cells stably transduced with CD80(K562/CD80) or were carried out using Jurkat cells (human acute T celllymphoma cells, Promega Corp., USA) which endogenously express CD4, CD28and T cell receptor. The following control immunomodulatory proteinswere assessed: (1) variant PD-L1 IgV-Fc (D43G/N45D/L56Q/V58A/G101G-ins(G101GG) (SEQ ID NO:303), (2) variant PD-L2 IgV-Fc(H15Q/T47A/K65R/S67L/Q82R/V89D) (SEQ ID NO:1417); (3) variant CTLA-4-Fc(A31Y/L106E) (SEQ ID NO:2519 or 2520), (4) anti-PD-1 antibody Nivolumab,or (5) Fc only control.

Table E6 and E7 set forth the binding activity as measured by the MeanFluorescence Intensity (MFI) value for binding of 100 nM of eachimmunomodulatory protein tested to cells expressing the variouscell-expressed counter structures. As shown in Table E6 and E7, severalimmunomodulatory proteins bound multiple binding partners including PD-1and CD28, CD4, and/or CD80.

TABLE E6 Binding of Exemplary Immunomodulatory Proteins toCell-Expressed Counter Structures PD1 CD28 CD4 CD80 SEQ Binding BindingBinding Binding Description ID NO Detection (100 nM) (100 nM) (100 nM)(100 nM) PD-L1 303 − IL16 2571 Anti-  59805 — 26.3   97 IL16 − PD-L1 3032572 FLAG-PE  1098 — 25.6   94 PD-L2 1417 − IL16 2574 MFI  19852 — 26.3  87 IL16 − PD-L2 1417 2576   130 — 35.5   118 CTLA-4 2520 − PD-L1 3032646 Anti-   158 — 25.1  35872 CTLA-4 2520 − PD-L2 1417 2648 FLAG-PE  115 — 25.1  17715 PD-L1 303 − CTLA-4 2520 2650 MFI  14224 — 25.7 13493 PD-L2 1417 − CTLA-4 2520 2652  2417 — 2531  11776 CTLA-4 2520 −PD-L1 303 − Fc 2533 Anti-hFc- — — — — CTLA-4 2520 − PD-L2 1417 − Fc 2535PE MFI — — — — PD-L1 303 − CTLA-4 2519 − Fc 2537 143069 161 — 174745PD-L2 1417 − Fc − CTLA-4 2520 2543 261417  28 — 164843

TABLE E7 Binding of Exemplary Immunomodulatory Proteins toCell-Expressed Counter Structures PD1 CD28 CD4 CD80 SEQ Binding BindingBinding Binding Description ID NO Detection (100 nM) (100 nM) (100 nM)(100 nM) CTLA-4 2519 − PD-L1 303 − 2531 Anti-hFc-  12553  33 — 238519PD-L1 303 − PD-L1 303 − Fc PE MFI IL16 − PD-L1 303 − PD-L1 2530  13568 40 —   153 303 − PD-L1 303 − Fc Anti-CD3 − PD-L1 303 − 2529  12007 3596—   181 PD-L1 303 − PD-L1 303 − Fc PD-L1 303 − Fc  303 Anti-hFc- 261417 99 83.2   458 (IgV only) PE MFI PD-L2 1417 − Fc 1417 244557  63 67.2  179 (IgV only) Anti-PD-1 monoclonal — 250052  50 49.5   142 antibody(nivolumab) CTLA-4 2519 − Fc 2519   123  29 28.3 261417 (IgV only) FcControl 1155   122  26 27.6   107

The binding of additional immunomodulatory proteins containing PD-L1IgV/PD-L2 IgV and CTLA-4 to targets was assessed substantially asdescribed above. In addition to the control molecules described above, avariant PD-L1 IgV-Flag-His (D43G/N45D/L56Q/V58A/G101G-ins (G101GG) (SEQID NO:303)) was also assessed. Exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins from Table E2 were assessed including those as set forth in SEQID NOs: 3518, 3519, 3521, 3522, and 3523. Binding results in FIG.11A-11B with MFI at increasing test concentration of added protein showseveral immunomodulatory proteins bound binding partners including PD-1and/or CD80.

B. PD-L1/PD-L2 and OKT3/ICOSL

CHO cells were transduced to stably express human PD-1 (CHO/PD-1 cells)or human CTLA-4 (CHO/CTLA-4). Jurkat cells were used to measure bindingto endogenously expressed human T cell receptor (TCR) (Jurkat/TCR cells)and CD28 (Jurkat/CD28). To measure binding to ICOS, transientlytransfected HEK293 cells were used. Proteins bound to the cell surfacewere detected using an anti-Flag tag PE secondary reagent.

As shown in Table E8A-E8B, a number of immunomodulatory proteins wereobserved to bind multiple binding partners including PD-1 and CD28, CD4,and/or CD80. Among the results shown, immunomodulatory proteins withPD-L1 IgV or PD-L2 IgV molecules at the N-terminus and ICOSL moleculesat the C-terminus (PD-L1 IgV/PD-L2 IgV-ICOSL IgV) showed greater bindingto PD-1 as compared to molecules generated with molecules in the reverseorder (ICOSL IgV-PD-L1 IgV/PD-L2 IgV). All values reported are PE MFI atthe test concentration of 100 nM. For Tables E8A-E8B, an anti-Flag-PEdetection reagent was used for detecting the tested molecules.

TABLE E8A Binding of Immunomodulatory Proteins Containing PD-L1IgV/PD-L2 IgV - OKT3/ICOSL IgV to Cell-Expressed Counter Structures PD1CTLA-4 SEQ ID Binding TCR Binding Binding ICOS Binding Description NO(100 nM) (100 nM) (100 nM) (100 nM) OKT3 - PD-L1 303 2563 107768 6535 85— OKT3 - PD-L2 1417 2565 1251 3517 83.2 — PD-L1 303 - OKT3 2567 1059873527 85 — PD-L2 1417 - OKT3 2569 43936 3121 84.6 —

TABLE E8B Binding of Immunomodulatory Proteins Containing PD-L1IgV/PD-L2 IgV - OKT3/ICOSL IgV to Cell-Expressed Counter Structures PD1CTLA-4 SEQ ID Binding CD28 Binding Binding ICOS Binding Description NO(100 nM) (100 nM) (100 nM) (100 nM) PD-L1 303 - ICOSL 2247 2595 71242155 85 22809 ICOSL 2247 - PD-L1 303 2597 12870 373 90.4 46705 PD-L1303 - ICOSL 2266 2599 80728 618 102 35972 ICOSL 2266 - PD-L1 303 260115852 3459 603 47888 PD-L1 303 - ICOSL 2264 2603 68145 11678 18831 42026ICOSL 2264 - PD-L1 303 2605 9858 17715 53367 48423 PD-L1 303 - ICOSL2244 2607 80504 286 87.2 3547 ICOSL 2244 - PD-L1 303 2609 17229 217 88.419201 PD-L2 1417 - ICOSL 2247 2579 28884 116 87.7 21697 ICOSL 2247 -PD-L2 1417 2581 1248 378 92.9 36273 PD-L2 1417 - ICOSL 2266 2583 30449236 91.7 40875 ICOSL 2266 - PD-L2 1417 2585 1089 3909 1204 43693 PD-L21417 - ICOSL 2264 2587 37088 10925 10715 36780 ICOSL 2264 - PD-L2 14172589 1139 18264 53367 49925 PD-L2 1417 - ICOSL 2244 2591 25138 114 89.23909 PD-L1 303 - ICOSL 2247 2593 1319 246 88.4 12764

C. PD-L1/PD-L2-CD86/CD80

CHO cells were transduced to stably express human PD-1 (CHO/PD-1 cells)or human CTLA-4 (CHO/CTLA-4). Jurkat cells were used to measure bindingto endogenously expressed human CD28 (Jurkat/CD28). To measure bindingto ICOS, transiently transfected HEK293 cells were used. Proteins boundto the cell surface were detected using an anti-Flag tag PE secondaryreagent. Binding results shown in Table E9A are MFI at 100 nM testconcentration.

TABLE E9A Binding of Immunomodulatory Proteins Containing PD-L1IgV/PD-L2 IgV - CD86 IgV/CD80 IgV to Cell-Expressed Counter StructuresCD28 CTLA-4 PDI Binding Binding Binding Description SEQ ID NO (100 nM)(100 nM) (100 nM) PD-L1 303 - CD86 2610 2631 73657 867 275 CD86 2610 -PD-L1 303 2633 3687 301 462 PD-L2 1417 - CD86 2610 2612 12243 113 180CD86 2610 - PD-L2 1417 2614 1345 91.7 427 PD-L1 303 - CD80 2615 26352778 87.7 89.2 CD80 2615 - PD-L1 303 2637 2679 90.9 124 PD-L1 303 - CD802616 2639 58166 120 89.6 CD80 2616 - PD-L1 303 2641 40311 207 91.7 PD-L1303 - CD80 2617 2643 50343 103 85 CD80 2617 - PD-L1 303 2645 30875 11285.8 PD-L2 1417 - CD80 2615 2619 1406 82.5 83.2 CD80 2615 - PD-L2 14172621 1151 90.9 142 PD-L2 1417 - CD80 2616 2623 20018 89.2 79.3 CD802616 - PD-L2 1417 2625 1516 92.2 82.5 PD-L2 1417 - CD80 2617 2627 1368294.2 85 CD80 2617 - PD-L2 1417 2629 1391 110 75.5 PD-L2 1417 1417 26208154 152 Wild-type PD-L1 309 1287 716 97.4 ICOSL 2264 2264 1512 1611870848

D. Additional Multi-Domain Immunomodulatory Proteins

Additional multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins described in Example 1were assessed for binding to cognate binding partners substantially asdescribed above. Jurkat IL-2 reporter cells (described in Example 3below) were transfected to express human PD-1 (Jurkat/IL-2/PD-1 cells)or human TIGIT (Jurkat/IL-2/TIGIT). CHO cells were transfected toexpress CD2 (CHO-CD2) or CD80 (CHO-CD80). Expi293 cells were transfectedto express CD28 (Expi-CD28). Proteins bound to the cell surface weredetected using an anti-Flag tag PE secondary reagent or an Anti-hFc-PEMFI, depending on the construct. Mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) wasdetermined. The half maximal binding concentration (EC50; nM) wasdetermined by nonlinear regression by fitting the data to a sigmoidaldose-response (variable slope; Hill slope=1). Results are shown in TableE9B. As shown, a number of immunomodulatory proteins were observed tobind multiple binding partners.

TABLE E9B Binding of Exemplary Immunomodulatory Proteins toCell-Expressed Counter Structures Binding: EC50 (nM) Jurkat/ Jurkat/ SEQCHO- Expi- CHO- IL-2/ IL-2/ Description ID NO CD2 CD28 CD80 PD-1 TIGITCTLA-4 3037 − PD-L1 303 − Fc 3666 2.3 110.7 PD-L1 303 − CTLA-4 3037 − Fc3668 1.4 1.0 CTLA-4 3037 − Fc − PD-L1 303 3670 1.9 4.5 CTLA4 3037 − Fc −PD-L1 303 3672 0.921 6.8 CTLA-4 3060 − PD-L1 303 − Fc 3674 2.3 0.6 PD-L1303 − CTLA4 3060 − Fc 3676 3.4 0.5 PD-L1 303 − 3 × G4S − ICOSL 367819.01 11.8 2264 − G4S ZZ12.6 FLAG His6 CD58 3650 − PD-L1 303 − Fc 36802.0 4.6 PD-L1 303 − CD58 3650 − Fc 3682 0.661 1.2 PD-L1 303 − PD-L1 303− 3684 13.7 2.0 CD58 3650 − CD58 3650 CD58 3650 − CD58 3650 − 3686 24.419.5 PD-L1 303 − PD-L1 303 CD58 3650 − PD-L1 303 − 3688 14.4 6.6 PD-L1303 − CD58 3650 CD155 665 − CD58 3650 − Fc 3660 0.845 0.733 CD58 3650 -CD155 665 − Fc 3662 0.935 1.0 CTLA-4 3060 − CD155 665 − Fc 3652 1.8 3.4CD 155 665 − CTLA-4 3037 − Fc 3654 4.1 0.6 PD-L1 303 − CD155 665 − 36644.15 1.6 CTLA-4 3037 − Fc CD 155 665 − ICOSL 2264 − 3658 3.39 2.3 ICOSL2264 − CD155 665 PD-L1 303 − CD155 665 − 3664 3.8 1.3 1.6 CTLA-4 3037 −Fc CD 155 665 G4S FLAGHis CD 155 IgV (665) Flag (2010) His (2011) ICOSL2264 IgV − Fc ICOSL IgV 0.254 (2264) Fc (1715) CTLA4 3037 − Fc CTLA-41.7 ECD (3037) Fc (1715) Belatacept 4.1 CD58 (WT) 3650 − Fc CD58 WT0.200 IgV (3650) Fc (1715) Fc control 1715

Example 3 Assessment of Bioactivity of Multi-Domain ImmunomodulatoryProteins Containing Activating and Inhibitory Components Using ReporterCells

This Example describes a Jurkat/IL2 and Jurkat/IL2/PD-1 reporter assayto assess inhibitory activity of exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins generated as described in Example 1. In this assay, activitywas tested on multi-domain proteins containing an ARBM able to bind CD28(e.g. CD80, CD86, CTLA-4 or ICOSL) and an IRBM able to bind to PD-1(PD-L1 or PD-L1). To distinguish between inhibitory activity due toblockade of CD28 signaling versus inhibitory activity via activity ofthe PD-1-binding IRBM, two reporter cell assays were used. In the firstassay, Jurkat reporter cells expressing an IL-2-luciferase reporter wereincubated with artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPC) displayingcell surface anti-CD3 single chain Fv (OKT3) and CD80 (K562/OKT3/CD80aAPC) (FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B, Assay #1). In a second assay, the Jurkatreporter cells were additionally transfected with PD-1 and incubatedwith the K562/OKT3/CD80 aAPCs (Assay #2 in FIGS. 3A and 3B).

For both assays, Jurkat cells were suspended at 2×10⁶ cells/mL inRPMI1640+5% FBS and were then plated at 50 μL/well for a total of100,000 cells per well. To each well, indicated test immunomodulatoryproteins were added to the Jurkat cells at concentrations ranging fromapproximately 0.4 nM to 50 nM, or, in some cases, 0.4 nM to 100 nM. As acontrol, activity of respective individual ARBM and IRBM molecules alsowas assessed. The Jurkat cells with test or control proteins wereincubated for 15 minutes at room temperature. K562/OKT3/CD80 aAPC werebrought to 0.8×10⁶ cells/mL and 25 μL of cells was added to each wellbringing the final volume of each well to 100 μL. Jurkat cells and K562aAPCs were incubated for 5-6 hours at 37 degrees Celsius in a humidified5% CO₂ incubation chamber. Plates were then removed from the incubatorand acclimated to room temperature for 15 minutes. 100 μL of a celllysis and luciferase substrate solution (BioGlo®, Promega Corp, USA) wasadded to each well and the plates were placed on an orbital shaker for10 minutes at room temperature. Luminescence was measured with a 1second per well integration time using a BioTek Cytation luminometer(BioTek Corp., USA). An average relative luminescence value wasdetermined for each test immunomodulatory protein or control protein.

A. PD-L1/PD-L2-CTLA-4

The assays described above were carried out on multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins, containing PD-L1/PD-L2 IgV and CTLA-4 ECD,generated as Fc fusion proteins or as monomeric proteins. Specifically,the following exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins wereassessed: PD-L1 303-Fc-CTLA-4 2520 (SEQ ID NO: 2541), PD-L21417-Fc-CTLA-4 2520 (SEQ ID NO:2543) and PD-L1 303-CTLA-4 2520 (SEQ IDNO:2651). As a control, individual ARBM and IRBM molecules, in either amonomeric or Fc fusion protein format, also were assessed, including theindividual PD-L1 IgV (SEQ ID NO:303; PD-L1 303), PD-L2 IgV (SEQ IDNO:1417, PD-L2 1417) or CTLA-4 ECD (SEQ ID NO: 36; CTLA-4 36), eachcontaining a flag/his tag; the individual PD-L1 IgV (SEQ ID NO:303)fused to an Fc set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1715) (PD-L1 303-Fc); theindividual PD-L2 IgV (SEQ ID NO:1417) fused to an Fc set forth in SEQ IDNO: 1715 (PD-L2 1417-Fc); or the individual CTLA-4 ECD (SEQ ID NO:2519)fused to an Fc set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1715 (CTLA-4 2519-Fc).

Luciferase activity of Jurkat effector cells expressing IL-2-luciferasereporter co-cultured with K562 aAPCs in the presence of immunomodulatorymolecules, as determined using Assay #1, is shown in FIG. 4A. In thisassay, a decrease in luminescence values demonstrated binding of theimmunomodulatory protein to its binding partner, CD80, blocked theinteraction of CD28 and CD80. As shown, only CTLA-4 2519-Fc exhibitedsubstantial blocking activity, while the assessed multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins did not exhibit substantial blockinginhibitory activity in this assay, except at the highest concentrationstested.

Luciferase activity of Jurkat effector cells expressing PD-1 andIL-2-luciferase reporter co-cultured with K562 aAPCs in the presence ofimmunomodulatory molecules, as determined using Assay #2, are shown inFIG. 4B. As shown, Jurkat cells incubated with assessed multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins showed a decrease in luminescence values.Combined with the results in assay #1 above, these results areconsistent with an observation that inhibitory activity of the exemplaryPD-L1/PD-L2 and CTLA-4 multi-domain immunomodulatory protein was due tobinding to PD-1 and CD80.

Additional tested molecules containing a PD-L1 IgV or a PD-L2 IgV andCTLA-4 ECD generated as multimeric homodimer immunomodulatory proteinstested in Assay #1 and Assay #2 are shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B,respectively. Exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins fromTable E2 were assessed (at 100-0.05 nM) including those set forth in SEQID NOs: 3518, 3519, 3521, 3522, and 3523. In addition, controlimmunomodulatory proteins including (1) a variant PD-L1 IgV-Fc (SEQ IDNO:303), (2) a variant PD-L2 IgV-Fc (SEQ ID NO:1417); (3) a variantCTLA-4 ECD-Fc (SEQ ID NO: 3037), (4) a CTLA-4-Ig (abatacept), (5) avariant CTLA-4-Ig (belatacept), or (6) an Fc only control were tested.As shown, Jurkat cells incubated with assessed multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins showed a decrease in luminescence values andthe results are consistent with the observation that inhibitory activityof the exemplary PD-L1/PD-L2 and CTLA-4 multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins was PD-1 dependent.

Similar to Assay #2, the exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins were further assessed by measuring luciferase activity ofJurkat effector cells expressing PD-1 and IL-2-luciferase reporterco-cultured with K562 aAPCs in the presence of immunomodulatorymolecules except with the addition of either a human IgG or an anti-PD-1antibody (nivolumab). As shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, the inhibitoryactivity of the exemplary PD-L1/PD-L2 and CTLA-4 multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins was inhibited at the lower concentrations whenPD-1 was blocked.

B. PD-L1/PD-L2-ICOSL

The assays described above were carried out on multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins, containing a PD-L1 IgV or a PD-L2 IgV andICOSL IgV, generated as monomeric proteins. For PD-L1 IgV molecules, thefollowing exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins wereassessed: PD-L1 303-ICOSL 2247 (SEQ ID NO:2595), ICOSL 2247-PD-L1 303(SEQ ID NO:2597), PD-L1 303-ICOSL 2266 (SEQ ID NO:2599), ICOSL2266-PD-L1 303 (SEQ ID NO:2601), PD-L1 303-ICOSL 2264 (SEQ ID NO:2603),ICOSL 2264-PD-L1 303 (SEQ ID NO:2605), PD-L1 303-ICOSL 2244 (SEQ ID NO:2607), and ICOSL 2244-PD-L1-303 (SEQ ID NO:2609). For PD-L2 IgVmolecules, the following exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins were assessed: PD-L2 1417-ICOSL 2247 (SEQ ID NO:2579), ICOSL2247-PD-L2 1417 (SEQ ID NO:2581), PD-L2 1417-ICOSL 2266 (SEQ IDNO:2583), ICOSL 2266-PD-L2 1417 (SEQ ID NO:2585), PD-L2 1417-ICOSL 2264(SEQ ID NO:2587), ICOSL 2264-PD-L2 1417 (SEQ ID NO:2589), PD-L21417-ICOSL 2244 (SEQ ID NO: 2591), and ICOSL 2244-PD-L2 1417 (SEQ IDNO:2593). As a control, individual ARBM and IRBM molecules, in amonomeric protein format, also were assessed, including PD-L1 IgV (SEQID NO:303; PD-L1 303), PD-L2 IgV (SEQ ID NO:1417, PD-L2 1417) or ICOSLIgV (SEQ ID NO:2264; ICOSL 2264). The ICOSL 2264 alone control exhibitedcomparable activity to the CTLA-4 ECD Fc containing A31Y/L106E (SEQ IDNO: 2519) described in FIGS. 4A and 4B. An Fc only control also wasassessed.

For PD-L1 IgV-containing immunomodulatory proteins, luciferase activityof Jurkat effector cells co-cultured with K562 aAPCs in the presence ofimmunomodulatory molecules as determined using Assay #1 or Assay #2 areshown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5A, themulti-domain immunomodulatory protein ICOSL 2264-PD-L1 303 (SEQ IDNO:2605) exhibited activity to block the interaction of CD28 and CD80,although the blocking activity was less than the individual ICOSL IgV(SEQ ID NO: 2264) immunomodulatory protein. As shown in FIG. 5B, Jurkatcells incubated with exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinsPD-L1 303-ICOSL 2266 (SEQ ID NO:2599) and PD-L1 303-ICOSL 2264 (SEQ IDNO:2603) showed a decrease in luminescence values.

For PD-L2 IgV-containing immunomodulatory proteins, luciferase activityof Jurkat effector cells co-cultured with K562 aAPCs in the presence ofimmunomodulatory molecules as determined using Assay #1 or Assay #2 areshown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, respectively. As shown in FIG. 6A, themulti-domain immunomodulatory protein ICOSL 2264-PD-L2 1417 (SEQ IDNO:2589) exhibited activity to block the interaction of CD28 and CD80,although the blocking activity was less than the individual ICOSL IgV(SEQ ID NO: 2264) immunomodulatory protein. As shown in FIG. 6B, Jurkatcells incubated with exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinsPD-L2 1417-ICOSL 2264 (SEQ ID NO:2587) showed a decrease in luminescencevalues.

Combined with the results in assay #1 above, these results areconsistent with an observation that inhibitory activities of theexemplary PD-L1 303-ICOSL 2266 (SEQ ID NO:2599), PD-L1 303-ICOSL 2264(SEQ ID NO:2603) and PD-L2 1417-ICOSL 2264 (SEQ ID NO:2587) multi-domainimmunomodulatory protein were due to binding to PD-1 and CD28. Theresults also indicate that affinity maturation of individual IgSFdomains also can improve the observed activity, since, in thisexperiment, inhibitory activity was not observed in either assay #1 orassay #2 with the exemplary immunomodulatory protein containing awild-type ICOSL IgV domain (e.g. containing ICOSL 2244) or containing aICOSL variant with lower improved affinity for cognate binding partners(e.g. containing ICOSL 2266).

Additional tested molecules containing a PD-L1 IgV or a PD-L2 IgV andICOSL IgV generated as multimeric homodimer immunomodulatory proteinstested in Assay #1 and Assay #2 are shown in FIGS. 14A, 15A, 16A and14B, 15B, 16B respectively. Exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins from Tables E3B, E4 and E5 were assessed including those as setforth in SEQ ID NO: 3500, 3501, 3502, 3507, 3496, 3513+3514, and3515+3514. Individual ARBM or IRBM containing molecules were alsoassessed, including those with PD-L1 (SEQ ID NO: 303, 3506, 3525,3533+3534), with ICOSL (SEQ ID NO: 3527, 3528), and with PD-L2 (SEQ IDNO:1417, 3533+3512). An Fc only control also was assessed. Jurkat cellsincubated with assessed multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins showed adecrease in luminescence values, demonstrating the inhibitory activityof the exemplary PD-L1/PD-L2 and ICOSL multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins.

Example 4 Assessment of Immunomodulatory Proteins Containing Activatingand Inhibitory Components with Blocking Antibody

To assess dependence of the inhibitory activity of exemplarymulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins on binding of PD-1, theJurkat/IL2/PD-1 reporter assay described in Example 3 (Assay #2) wascarried out in the presence of a blocking antibody. Specifically, inthis example, the following exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins were assessed: PD-L1 303-Fc-CTLA-4 2520 (SEQ ID NO: 2541),PD-L2 1417-Fc-CTLA-4 2520 (SEQ ID NO:2543) and PD-L1 303-CTLA-4 2520(SEQ ID NO:2651). As a control, monomeric variant CTLA-4 ECD(CTLA-4-2520) containing a flag/his tag, or a variant CTLA-4-Fc fusion(containing CTLA-4 ECD set forth in SEQ ID NO:2519 fused to an Fc setforth in SEQ ID NO: 1715; CTLA-4 2519-Fc) were assessed. Activity in thepresence of an Fc only control also was assessed. Assay #2 was performedessentially as described above. All test proteins were added at 11 nMand where indicated, anti-PD-1 antibody was added at 10 nM. For eachcondition, an average relative luminescence value was determined foreach test immunomodulatory protein or control protein.

As shown in FIG. 7 , luciferase activity of Jurkat effector cellsexpressing PD-1 and IL-2-luciferase reporter was decreased whenco-cultured with anti-CD3/PD-L1 aAPC in the presence of the assessedexemplary multi-domain immunomodulatory molecules containing PD-L1IgV/PD-L2 IgV and CTLA-4-ECD or with the exemplary variant CTLA4-Fc. Incontrast, there was no decrease in luciferase activity when co-culturedwith the individual variant CTLA-4 in monomeric form or the Fc onlycontrol proteins. Addition of the anti-PD-1 antibody blocked thedecrease in luciferase in conditions containing the exemplarymulti-domain immunomodulatory molecules containing the variant PD-L1IgV/PD-L2 IgV and variant CTLA-4, but not with the individual variantCTLA-4-Fc molecule. The blocking by the anti-PD-1 antibody is consistentwith the inhibitory activity of the multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins being at least partly dependent on binding PD-1.

Example 5 Assessment of Bioactivity of Immunomodulatory ProteinsContaining PD-L1 IgV/PD-L2 IgV-CD80/CD86 IgV

The Jurkat/IL2/PD-1 reporter assay (Assay #2) described in Example 3 wascarried out in the presence of exemplary PD-L1 IgV/PD-L2 IgV-CD80/CD86IgV. The assay was carried out substantially as described in Example 3by incubating Jurkat/IL2/PD-1 reporter cells with exemplaryimmunomodulatory proteins (at concentrations ranging from 0.4 nM to 50nM) for approximately 15 minutes prior to adding K562/OKT3/CD80 aAPC.Specifically, the assessed multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinsincluded monomeric proteins containing a variant PD-L1 IgV (e.g. PD-L1303) or a variant PD-L2 IgV (e.g. PD-L2 1417) linked in variousconfigurations to either wildtype CD80 IgV (SEQ ID NO: 2615), a variantCD80 IgV (SEQ ID NO: 2616) or wild-type CD86 (SEQ ID NO: 2610), as shownin FIGS. 8A-8C.

As a control, individual IRBM or ARBM molecules also were assessed asfollows: PD-L1 IgV (SEQ ID NO:303; PD-L1 303), PD-L2 IgV (SEQ IDNO:1417, PD-L2 1417) or ICOSL IgV (SEQ ID NO: 2264; ICOSL-2264), eachcontaining a flag/his tag. An Fc only control also was assessed.

Results with multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins containing PD-L1IgV-CD80 IgV are shown in FIG. 8A, multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins containing PD-L2 IgV-CD80 IgV are shown in (FIG. 8B), andmulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins containing PD-L1 IgV/PD-L2Igv-CD86 IgV are shown in (FIG. 8C). As shown in FIG. 8A-8C, theluciferase activity of the Jurkat effector cells in the presence of theindividual variant ICOSL IgV protein was decreased while themulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins did not exhibit suppression ofCD28 costimulation in this assay.

Example 6 Assessment of PD-1/CD28 Proximalization Using DimerizationAssay

This Example describes a PD-1/CD28 proximalization assay to assesseffects of exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatory protein upon bindingto its targets. The assay was a proximity dimerization assay using abeta-Galactosidase (beta-Gal) Enzyme Fragment Complementation assaysystem. The assay utilizes a first surface expressed protein fused withan enzyme donor tag (ProLink™ (PK)) and a second surface expressedprotein fused with an enzyme acceptor protein (EA). When in closeproximity, complementation of the two enzyme fragments occurs, forming afunctional beta-Gal enzyme that hydrolyzes a substrate to generate achemiluminescent signal.

A. Generation of PD-1-CD28 EA/PK Fusion Cell Lines

To assess proximalization of the inhibitory receptor (PD-1) andactivating receptor (CD28), mammalian expression vectors were designedto express the extracellular and transmembrane domains of full-lengthCD28 (CD28 FL) or truncated CD28 (residues 1-188, SEQ ID NO:2944;tCD28)) fused to the PK- and EA-tag at the C-terminus. The CD28constructs were then transfected via retroviral infection into a humanU2OS parental cell line (DiscoverX, USA; cat. #93-1130C3) that expressedhuman PD-1 (amino acids 1-199) fused to either EA (PD1-EA; U2OSPD1(1-199)-EA cell line) or PK (PD1-PK; U2OS PD1(1-199)-PK cell line).Four cells lines were generated as follows: U2OSCD28(FL)-PK/PD-1(1-199)-EA, U2OS PD-1(1-199)-PK/CD28(FL)-EA, U2OSCD28(1-188)-PK/PD-1(1-199)-EA and U2OS PD-1(1-199) PK/CD28(1-188)-EA.The resulting cells were selected with the appropriate selective agentsto generate stable cell lines.

The PD-1-CD28 cells lines were assessed for expression of the PK-fusionprotein and EA-fusion protein using in vitro complementation assays,where the cells were evaluated for enzyme activity in the absence andpresence of exogenous complementing fragment. Stable U2OS cell linesco-expressing either PD-1(1-199)-PK or -EA fusion proteins withfull-length or truncated CD28(1-188)-EA or —PK were lysed in thepresence of beta-Gal enzyme substrate only or in the presence ofbeta-Gal enzyme substrate with complementary EA or PK enzyme fragmentadded. After 1 hour of incubation, luciferase activity was measured. Theluciferase values found in the four PD1-CD28 cell lines were elevatedafter adding complementary EA or PK enzyme fragments as compared to thebasal enzyme activity observed in cell lines in the absence of added EAor PK enzyme fragments, indicating complementation of the fusionproteins. The addition of complementary enzyme fragments for the PD1fusion proteins in each lysed cell line resulted in greater increases inluciferase activity than conditions containing complementary enzymefragments for the CD28 fusion protein, consistent with a higherexpression of PD-1 in the cell lines. Immunostaining for PD-1 and CD28in the cell lines by flow cytometry confirmed higher expression of PD-1than CD28 in the cell lines.

B. Effect of Multi-Domain Immunomodulatory Proteins in ProximalizationAssay

To assess the effect of multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins in theassay, the U2OS PD1-CD28 cell lines (U2OS CD28(FL)-PK/PD-1(1-199)-EA,U2OS CD28(1-188)-PK/PD-1(1-199)-EA or U2OS PD-1(1-199)PK/CD28(1-188)-EA) were plated at 5000 cells/well in quadruplicate inwells of a 384 well plates and cells were allowed to adhere to theplates for about 4 hours at 37° C./5% CO2. Multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins were added to the cells in a series of 1:3 dilutions.Specifically, exemplary monomeric multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinswere assessed as follows: PD-L1 303-ICOSL 2264 (SEQ ID NO:2603) andPD-L2 1417-ICOSL 2264 (SEQ ID NO:2587). As a control, the individualvariant PD-L2 IgV set forth in SEQ ID NO:1417 also was assessed. Theplates were incubated overnight (16 hours) at 37° C./5% CO₂. Thesubstrate for beta-Gal was added to the cells, incubated for 1 hour inthe dark at room temperature, and luciferase levels were measured.

As shown in FIG. 9A-9C, the luciferase signal was increased in U2OSPD1-CD28 cells incubated with the exemplary multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins containing variant PD-L1/PD-L2 and ICOSL IgSFdomains. In contrast, no substantial signal was detected in the presenceof the individual variant PD-L2 IgV control protein. These data areconsistent with an observation that the exemplary multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins were able to bind both the PD-1 inhibitoryreceptor and CD28 activating receptor, thereby resulting in their closeproximity to each other. This result supports a finding that inhibitoryactivity of the multi-domain immunomodulatory molecules in cells thatexpress both the PD-1 inhibitory receptor and CD28 activating receptormay be due to ability of the immunomodulatory proteins to inducePD-1/CD28 proximalization.

Example 7 Assessment of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Recruitment to PD-1

This Example describes a Jurkat PD-1 SHP2 Signaling Assay to assess theeffect of the multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins to recruit thecytoplasmic protein tyrosine phosphatase, SHP-1 or SHP-2, to PD-1. In anexemplary assay, a Jurkat cell line containing a ProLink™ (PK) taggedPD-1 receptor and an Enzyme Acceptor (EA) tagged SHP-2 domain were used(e.g. DiscoverX, USA; cat. #93-1106C19). In the assay, SHP-2 recruitmentto PD-1 results in the EA and PK being in close proximity to allowcomplementation of the two enzyme fragments forming a functionalbeta-Gal enzyme that hydrolyzes a substrate to generate achemiluminescent signal.

A. PD-L1/PD-L2-ICOSL

Jurkat PD-1-PK/SHP2-EA cells were plated in quadruplicate in wells of a384 well plate at a density of about 5000 cells/well. The exemplarymulti-domain immunomodulatory protein PD-L1 303-ICOSL 2264 (SEQ IDNO:2603) was added to the cells in a series of 1:3 dilutions. As acontrol, wild-type PD-L1 as an Fc fusion (PD-L1-Fc; R&D Systems, Cat.No. 156-B7) or the individual variant PD-L2 IgV set forth in SEQ IDNO:1417 as a monomeric protein were assessed. Cells were incubated for 3hours at room temperature. The substrate for beta-Gal was added to thewells, incubated for 1 hour at room temperature in the dark, and theluciferase was measured. As shown in FIG. 10A, the exemplary PD-L1-ICOSLmulti-domain immunomodulatory protein was substantially more potent thanthe PD-L1-Fc. As shown in FIG. 10B, no luciferase signal was detected inthe presence of a monomeric variant PD-L2 IgV. These results areconsistent with an observation that the multi-domain immunomodulatoryprotein exhibits potent activity to induce SHP-2 recruitment to PD-1.Further, this result is independent of antigen presenting cells (APC),since the result was achieved without co-culture with APCs.

The Jurkat PD-1 SHP2 signaling assay was also used to assess additionalexemplary monomeric or multimeric heterodimer PD-L1-ICOSL multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins. Jurkat/PD-1 cells were co-cultured withK562/OKT3 or K562/OKT3/CD80 aAPC and the tested immunomodulatoryproteins. Exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins from TablesE3B, E4 and E5 were assessed including those as set forth in SEQ ID NO:3500, 3501, 3502, 3507, 3513+3514, and 3515+3514. Individual ARBM orIRBM containing molecules were also assessed, including those with PD-L1(SEQ ID NO: 303, 3506, 3525, 3533+3534), with ICOSL (SEQ ID NO: 3527,3528), and with PD-L2 (SEQ ID NO:1417, 3533+3512). An Fc only controlwas also used. As shown in FIG. 17A-17C, some exemplary PD-L1-ICOSLmulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins were observed to induce PD-1signaling.

B. PD-L1/PD-L2-CTLA-4

The Jurkat PD-1 SHP2 signaling assay was also used to assess exemplarymulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins from Table E2 including those setforth in SEQ ID NO:3518, 3519, 3521, 3522, and 3523. Jurkat/PD-1 cellswere co-cultured with K562/OKT3/CD80 aAPC and the testedimmunomodulatory proteins. In addition, control molecules including (1)variant PD-L1 IgV-Fc (SEQ ID NO:303), (2) variant PD-L2 IgV-Fc (SEQ IDNO:1417); (3) Fc only control, (4) variant CTLA-4 ECD-Fc: (SEQ ID NO:3037), or (5) a wildtype human PD-L1-Fc were also tested. As shown inFIG. 18 , the exemplary PD-L1-CTLA-4 multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins were observed to induce PD-1 signaling.

Example 8 Generation of Mutant DNA Constructs of IgSF Domains

Example 1 describes the generation of mutant DNA constructs of humanCD155, CD112, PD-L1, PD-L2, CD86 (B7-2), CD80 (B7-1), ICOSL, and CTLA-4IgSF domains for translation and expression on the surface of yeast asyeast display libraries.

A. Degenerate Libraries

Constructs were generated based on a wildtype human sequence set forthbelow:

PD-L1 IgV: (SEQ ID NO: 309) FTVTVPKDLYVVEYGSNMTIECKFPVEKQLDLAALIVYWEMEDKNIIQFVHGEEDLKVQHSSYRQRARLL KDQLSLGNAALQITDVKLQDAGVYRCMISYGGADYKR ITVKVNA (SEQ ID NO: 55)PKDLYVVEYGSNMTIECKFPVEKQLDLAALIVYWEMEDKNIIQFVHGEEDLKVQHSSYRQRARLL KDQLSLGNAALQITDVKLQDAGVYRCMISY GGADYKRITVK V PD-L2 IgV: (SEQ ID NO: 1203)FTVTVPKELYIIEHGSNVTLECNFDTGSHVNLGAITASLQKVENDTSPHRERATLLEEQLPLGKASFHIPQV QVRDEGQY QCIIIYGVAW DYKYLTLK(SEQ ID NO: 1263) LFTVTVPKELYIIEHGSNVTLECNFDTGSHVNLGAITASLQKVENDTSPHRERATLLEEQLPLGKASFHIPQ VQVRDEGQY QCIIIYGVAW DYKYLTLKVKACD155 IgV: (SEQ ID NO: 310) PGTGDVVVQAPTQVPGFLGDSVTLPCYLQVPNMEVTHVSQLTWARHGESGSMAVFHQTQGPSYSESKRLEFVAARLGAELRNASLRMFGLRVEDEGNYTCLFVTFPQG SRSVDIWL (SEQ ID NO: 353)WPPPGTGDVVVQAPTQVPGFLGDSVTLPCYLQVPNMEVTHVSQLTWARHGESGSMAVFHQTQGPSYSESKRLEFVAARLGAELRNASLRMFGLRVEDEGNYTCLFVTF PQGSRSVDIWLRVL CD112 IgV:(SEQ ID NO: 666) QDVRVQVLPEVRGQLGGTVELPCHLLPPVPGLYISLVTWQRPDAPANHQNVAAFHPKMGPSFPSPKPGSERLSFVSAKQSTGQDTEAELQDATLALHGLTVEDEGNYT CEFATFPKGSVRGMTWL (SEQ ID NO: 761)QDVRVQVLPEVRGQLGGTVELPCHLLPPVPGLYISLVTWQRPDAPANHQNVAAFHPKMGPSFPSPKPGSERLSFVSAKQSTGQDTEAELQDATLALHGLTVEDEGNYTC EFATFPKGSVRGMTWLRV CD86 IgV:(SEQ ID NO: 29) APLKIQAYFNETADLPCQFANSQNQSLSELVVFWQDQENLVLNEVYLGKEKFDSVHSKYMGRTSFDSDSWTLRLHNLQIKDKGLYQCIIHHKKPTGMIRIHQMNSELSVLANFSQPEIVPISNITENVYINLTCSSIHGYPEPKKMSVLLRTKNSTIEYDGVMQKSQDNVTELYDVSISLSVSFPDVTSNMTIFCILETDKTRLLSSPFSIELEDP QPPPDHIP (SEQ ID NO: 1195)APLKIQAYFNETADLPCQFANSQNQSLSELVVFWQDQENLVLNEVYLGKEKFDSVHSKYMGRTSFDSDSWTLRLHNLQIKDKGLYQCIIHHKKPTGMIRIHQMNSELS CD80 ECD or IgV: (SEQ ID NO: 28)VIHVTKEVKEVATLSCGHNVSVEELAQTRIYWQKEKKMVLTMMSGDMNIWPEYKNRTIFDITNNLSIVILALRPSDEGTYECVVLKYEKDAFKREHLAEVTLSVKADFPTPSISDFEIPTSNIRRIICSTSGGFPEPHLSWLENGEELNAINTTVSQDPETELYAVSSKLDFNMTTNHSF MCLIKYGHLRVNQTFNWNTTKQEHFPDN(SEQ ID NO: 1005) VIHVTKEVKEVATLSCGHNVSVEELAQTRIYWQKEKKMVLTMMSGDMNIWPEYKNRTIFDITNNLSIVILAL RPSDEGTYECVVLKYEKDAFKREHLAEVT(SEQ ID NO: 1079) VIHVTKEVKEVATLSCGHNVSVEELAQTRIYWQKEKKMVLTMMSGDMNIWPEYKNRTIFDITNNLSIVIQAL RPSDEGTYECVVLKYEKDGFKREHLAEVTLSVKAD(SEQ ID NO: 2615) VIHVTKEVKEVATLSCGHNVSVEELAQTRIYWQKEKKMVLTMMSGDMNIWPEYKNRTIFDITNNLSIVIQALRPSDEGTYECVVLKYEKDGFKREHLAEVTLSVKADF (SEQ ID NO: 2654)VIHVTKEVKEVATLSCGHNVSVEELAQTRIYWQKEKKMVLTMMSGDMNIWPEYKNRTIFDITNNLSIVIQAL RPSDEGTYECVVLKYEKDGFKREHLAEV(SEQ ID NO: 3580) VIHVTKEVKEVATLSCGHNVSVEELAQTRIYWQKEKKMVLTMMSGDMNIWPEYKNRTIFDITNNLSIVILAL RPSDEGTYECVVLKYEKDAFKREHLAEVTLSVKADICOSL ECD or IgV: (SEQ ID NO: 32) DTQEKEVRAMVGSDVELSCACPEGSRFDLNDVYVYWQTSESKTVVTYHIPQNSSLENVDSRYRNRALMSPAGMLRGDFSLRLFNVTPQDEQKFHCLVLSQSLGFQEVLSVEVTLHVAANFSVPVVSAPHSPSQDELTFTCTSINGYPRPNVYWINKTDNSLLDQALQNDTVFLNMRGLYDVVSVLRIARTPSVNIGCCIENVLLQQNLTVGSQTGN DIGERDKITENPVSTGEKNAAT(SEQ ID NO: 2056) DTQEKEVRAMVGSDVELSCACPEGSRFDLNDVYVYWQTSESKTVVTYHIPQNSSLENVDSRYRNRALMSPAGMLRGDFSLRLFNVTPQDEQKFHCLVLSQSLGFQEVL SVE (SEQ ID NO: 2244)DTQEKEVRAMVGSDVELSCACPEGSRFDLNDVYVYWQTSESKTVVTYHIPQNSSLENVDSRYRNRALMSPAGMLRGDFSLRLFNVTPQDEQKFHCLVLSQSLGFQEVL SVEVTLHVAANFSV CTLA-4 ECD:(SEQ ID NO: 36) KAMHVAQPAVVLASSRGIASFVCEYASPGKATEVRVTVLRQADSQVTEVCAATYMMGNELTFLDDSICTGTSSGNQVNLTIQGLRAMDTGLYICKVELMYPPPYYLGI GNGTQIYVIDPEPCPDSD(SEQ ID NO: 2655) KAMHVAQPAVVLASSRGIASFVCEYASPGKATEVRVTVLRQADSQVTEVCAATYMMGNELTFLDDSICTGTSSGNQVNLTIQGLRAMDTGLYICKVELMYPPPYYLGI GNGTQIYVIDPEPCPDSDQ

For libraries that target specific residues for complete or partialrandomization with degenerate codons, the DNA encoding the IgSF domainswere ordered from Integrated DNA Technologies (Coralville, Iowa) as aset of overlapping oligonucleotides of up to 80 base pairs (bp) inlength. To generate a library of diverse variants of the IgSF domains,the oligonucleotides contained desired degenerate codons, such asspecific mixed base sets to code for various amino acid substitutions,were generated using an algorithm at the URL:rosettadesign.med.unc.edu/SwiftLib/.

In general, positions to mutate and degenerate codons were chosen fromcrystal structure information or homology models built from thisstructure containing the target-ligand pairs of interest to identifyligand contact residues, such as target side chain residues thatinteract with the ligand, as well as residues that are at the proteininteraction interface. This analysis was performed using a structureviewer available at the URL: spdbv.vital-it.ch. For CD80, there are noCD80 structures available with ligands CD28 and PD-L1, so the samelibrary was also used to select for binders of CD28 (binds the sameregion on CD80 as CTLA-4) and PD-L1 (not known if PD-L1 binds the samesite as CTLA-4).

The next step in library design was the alignment of human, mouse, rat,and monkey sequences to identify which of the residues chosen formutagenesis were conserved residues. Based on this analysis, conservedtarget residues were mutated with degenerate codons that only specifiedconservative amino acid changes plus the wild-type residue. Residuesthat were not conserved were mutated more aggressively, but alsoincluded the wild-type residue. Degenerate codons that also encoded thewild-type residue were deployed to avoid excessive mutagenesis of targetprotein. For the same reason, only up to 20 positions were targeted formutagenesis for each library. Mutational analysis was focused on contactand non-contact interfacial residues that were within 6 Å of the bindingsurface with their side chains directed toward the ligand/counterstructure.

To generate DNA encoding the targeted library, overlapping oligos of upto 80 nucleotides in length and containing degenerate codons at theresidue positions targeted for mutagenesis, were ordered from IntegratedDNA Technologies (Coralville, USA). The oligonucleotides were dissolvedin sterile water, mixed in equimolar ratios, heated to 95° C. for fiveminutes and slowly cooled to room temperature for annealing. ECD or IgVdomain-specific oligonucleotide primers that anneal to the start and endof the domain gene sequence were then used to generate PCR product. IgVdomain-specific oligonucleotides which overlap by 40 bp with pBYDS03cloning vector (Life Technologies, USA), beyond and including the BamHIand KpnI cloning sites, were then used to amplify 100 ng of PCR productfrom the prior step to generate a total of at least 12 μg of DNA forevery electroporation. ECD-specific oligonucleotides which overlap by40-50 bp with a modified version of pBYDS03 cloning vector (LifeTechnologies USA), beyond and including the BamH1 and KpnI cloningsites, were then used to amplify 100 ng of PCR product from the priorstep to generate a total of at least 5 μg of DNA. Both polymerase chainreactions (PCRs) used OneTaq 2×PCR master mix (New England Biolabs,USA). The products from the second PCR were purified using a PCRpurification kit (Qiagen, Germany) and resuspended in sterile deionizedwater. Alternatively, Ultramers® (Integrated DNA Technologies) of up to200 bp in length were used in conjunction with megaprimer PCR (URL:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC146891/pdf/253371.pdf) togenerate larger stretches of degenerate codons that could not be aseasily incorporated using multiple small overlapping primers. Followingthe generation of full length product using megaprimer PCR, the mutantIgV domain library was PCR amplified again using DNA primers containing40 bp overlap region with pBYDS03 cloning variant for homologousrecombination into yeast.

To prepare for library insertion, pBYDS03 vector was digested with BamHIand KpnI restriction enzymes (New England Biolabs, USA) and the largevector fragment was gel-purified and dissolved in sterile, deionizedwater. Electroporation-ready DNA for the next step was generated bymixing 12 μg of library DNA insert with 4 μg of linearized vector in atotal volume of 50 μL deionized and sterile water.

An alternative method to generate targeted libraries is to carry outsite-directed mutagenesis (Multisite kit, Agilent, USA) of the targetIgV domain with oligonucleotides containing degenerate codons. Thisapproach is used to generate sublibraries that only target a fewspecific stretches of DNA for mutagenesis. In these cases, sublibrariesare mixed before proceeding to the selection steps. In general, librarysizes were in the range of 10E7 to 10E8 clones, except that sublibrarieswere only in the range of 10E4 to 10E5.

B. Random Libraries

Random libraries were also constructed to identify variants of thevarious IgSF domains. DNA encoding the wild-type IgSF domain was clonedbetween the BamHI and KpnI sites of yeast display vector pBYDS03 andthen released using the same restriction enzymes. The DNA was thenmutagenized with the Genemorph II Kit (Agilent Genomics, USA) togenerate an average of three to five amino acid changes per libraryvariant. Mutagenized DNA was then amplified by the two-step PCR andfurther processed as described above for targeted libraries.

For some IgSF domains, after completing several rounds of selectionusing beads and iterative FACS, a pool of clones were further mutatedvia error prone PCR. Thus, a second generation mutant library wascreated for some domains following the steps outlined as above thoughusing selection output DNA as template rather than wildtype IgV plasmidsequence as template.

Example 9 Introduction of DNA Libraries into Yeast

To introduce degenerate and random library DNA into yeast,electroporation-competent cells of yeast strain BJ5464 (ATCC.org; ATCCnumber 208288) were prepared and electroporated on a Gene Pulser II(Biorad, USA) with the electroporation-ready DNA from the steps aboveessentially as described (Colby, D. W. et al. 2004 Methods Enzymology388, 348-358). The only exception was that transformed cells were grownin non-inducing minimal selective SCD-Leu medium to accommodate the LEU2selective marker carried by modified plasmid pBYDS03. One liter ofSCD-Leu media consists of 14.7 grams of sodium citrate, 4.29 grams ofcitric acid monohydrate, 20 grams of dextrose, 6.7 grams of yeastnitrogen base, and 1.6 grams yeast synthetic drop-out media supplementwithout leucine. The medium was filter sterilized before use, using a0.22 μm vacuum filter device.

Library size was determined by plating dilutions of freshly recoveredcells on SCD-Leu agar plates and then extrapolating library size fromthe number of single colonies from plating that generated at least 50colonies per plate. The remainder of the electroporated culture wasgrown to saturation and cells from this culture were subcultured (e.g.,1/100) into the same medium once more and grown to saturation tominimize the fraction of untransformed cells and to allow forsegregation of plasmid from cells that may contain two or more libraryvariants. To maintain library diversity, this subculturing step wascarried out using an inoculum that contained at least 10× more cellsthan the calculated library size. Cells from the second saturatedculture were resuspended in fresh medium containing sterile 25%(weight/volume) glycerol to a density of 10E10/mL and frozen and storedat −80° C. (frozen library stock).

Example 10 Yeast Selection

Example 10 describes the selection of yeast cells expressingaffinity-modified variants of CD155, CD112, PD-L1, PD-L2, CD80, CD86,ICOSL, and CTLA-4. Cells were processed to reduce non-binders and toenrich for CD155, CD112, PD-L1, PD-L2, CD80, CD86, ICOSL, and CTLA-4variants with the ability to bind their exogenous recombinantcounter-structure proteins.

A number of cells equal to at least 10 times the estimated library sizewere thawed from individual library stocks, suspended to 1.0×10E6cells/mL in non-inducing SCD-Leu medium, and grown overnight. The nextday, a number of cells equal to 10 times the library size werecentrifuged at 2000 RPM for two minutes and resuspended to 0.5×10E6cells/mL in inducing SCDG-Leu media. One liter of SCDG-Leu inductionmedia consists of 5.4 grams Na₂HPO₄, 8.56 grams NaH₂PO₄H₂O, 20 gramsgalactose, 2.0 grams dextrose, 6.7 grams yeast nitrogen base, and 1.6grams yeast synthetic drop out media supplement without leucinedissolved in water and sterilized through a 0.22 μm membrane filterdevice. The culture was grown in induction medium for 1 day at roomtemperature to induce expression of library proteins on the yeast cellsurface.

Cells were sorted two to three times using Protein A magnetic beads (NewEngland Biolabs, USA) loaded with cognate ligand to reduce non-bindersand enrich for all variants with the ability to bind their exogenousrecombinant counter-structure proteins. This was then followed bymultiple rounds of fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) usingexogenous counter-structure protein staining to enrich the fraction ofyeast cells that displays improved binding (R&D Systems, USA). In somecases, these positive selections were alternated with negative FACSselections to remove clones that bound to other counter structureproteins. Magnetic bead enrichment and selections by flow cytometry werecarried out essentially as described in Miller K. D., et al., CurrentProtocols in Cytometry 4.7.1-4.7.30, July 2008.

For CD155 variants provided in Table E10A, CD155 libraries were selectedagainst each of TIGIT, CD96, and CD226, separately. For CD155 variantsprovided in Table E10B-E10F, selection involved two positive selectionswith the desired counter structures TIGIT and CD96 followed by onenegative selection with the counter structure CD226 to select away fromCD226 and improve binding specificity of the variant CD155. Forselection, concentrations of the counter structures (TIGIT/CD96) andselection stringency of the positive sorts were varied to optimize leadidentification. The concentration of CD226 for the negative selectionwas kept at 100 nM.

For CD112 variants provided in Table E11A, CD112 libraries were selectedagainst each of TIGIT, CD112R, and CD226, separately. Target ligandproteins human rTIGIT.Fc (i.e., recombinant TIGIT-Fc fusion protein) andrCD226.Fc were purchased from R&D Systems (USA) and human rCD112R.Fc wasmade. Magnetic Protein A beads were obtained from New England Biolabs,USA. The EZ-Link™ Micro NHS-PEG4-Biotinylation Kit was used forbiotinylation of counter-structure protein, (Life Technologies, USA).For additional CD112 variants provided in Table E11B-E11C, selectioninvolved two positive selections with the desired counter structuresTIGIT and CD112R followed by one negative selection with the counterstructure CD226 to select away from CD226 and improve bindingspecificity of the variant CD112. Selection was performed essentially asdescribed above except the concentrations of the counter structures(TIGIT/CD112R) and selection stringency of the positive sorts werevaried to optimize lead identification. The concentration of CD226 forthe negative selection was kept at 100 nM.

For PD-L1 and PD-L2 shown in Tables E12A-E12C or Tables E13A and E13B,respectively, yeast display targeted or random PD-L1 or PD-L2 librarieswere selected against PD-1. With PD-L1 libraries, target ligand proteinswere human rPD-1.Fc (i.e., recombinant PD-1-Fc fusion protein from R&DSystems, USA). With PD-L2 libraries, target ligand proteins wasrhPD-1.Fc (i.e., recombinant human PD-1-Fc fusion protein from R&DSystems, USA). This was then followed by two to three rounds of flowcytometry sorting using exogenous counter-structure protein staining toenrich the fraction of yeast cells that displays improved binders.Ligand binding of Fc fusion protein to rPD-1.Fc, was detected with PEconjugated human Ig specific goat Fab (Jackson ImmunoResearch, USA).Alternatively, for PD-L1, selections were performed with human rCD80.Fc(i.e., human recombinant CD80 Fc fusion protein from R&D Systems, USA).Selections were carried out largely as described for PD-1 above.Magnetic bead enrichment and selections by flow cytometry areessentially as described in Miller, K. D., et al., Current Protocols inCytometry 4.7.1-4.7.30, July 2008. PD-L1 variants in Table 22A-B wereassessed for binding to cell-expressed counter structures. AdditionalPD-L1 variants identified in the screen as described above are set forthin Table 22C.

With CD80 and CD86 libraries, target ligand proteins were employed asfollows: internally produced human rCTLA4-Fc, human rCD28-Fc, humanrPD-L1 (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, USA), and rB7H6.Fc. Magnetic Protein Aor streptavidin beads were obtained from New England Biolabs, USA. Forbiotinylation of counter-structure protein, biotinylation kit cat#21955, Life Technologies, USA, was used. For two-color, flow cytometricsorting, a Bio-Rad S3e sorter was used. CD80 display levels weremonitored with an anti-hemagglutinin (HA) antibody labeled withAlexafluor 488 (Life Technologies, USA). Ligand binding of Fc fusionproteins, rCTLA4Fc, rPD-L1 or rCD28Fc, were detected with PE conjugatedhuman Ig specific goat Fab (Jackson ImmunoResearch, USA). For CD80, thesecond FACS outputs (F2) were compared to parental CD80 yeast forbinding rCTLA4Fc rPD-L1, or rCD28Fc by double staining each populationwith anti-HA (hemagglutinin) tag expression and the anti-human Fcsecondary to detect ligand binding. CD80 variants are shown in TablesE14A-E14F.

For ICOSL shown in Tables E15A-E15F, yeast display targeted or randomICOSL libraries were selected against CTLA-4, CD28 and ICOS. Targetligand proteins were sourced from R&D Systems (USA) as follows: humanrCD28.Fc (i.e., recombinant CD28-Fc fusion protein), rCTLA4.Fc andrICOS.Fc. The second sort outputs (F2) were compared to parental ICOSLyeast for binding of each rICOS.Fc, rCD28.Fc, and rCTLA4.Fc by doublestaining each population with anti-HA (hemagglutinin) tag expression andthe anti-human Fc secondary to detect ligand binding. Importantly, theMFIs of all F2 outputs described above when measured with the anti-HAtag antibody on FL1 did not increase and sometimes went down compared towild-type strains, indicating that increased binding was not a functionof increased expression of the selected variants on the surface ofyeast, and validated gating strategies of only selecting mid to lowexpressors with high ligand binding.

For CTLA-4 shown in Tables E16A-E16C, yeast display targeted or randomlibraries were selected against ICOSL and/or CD86. This selectionprocess utilized the following reagents and instruments: human rICOSL.Fc(i.e., recombinant ICOSL-Fc fusion protein) and human rCD86.Fc targetligand proteins were purchased from R & D Systems, USA. The inducedyeast library underwent 4 cycles of bead sorts using magnetic beadsloaded alternately with ICOSL or CD86 to reduce non-binders and enrichfor variant CTLA-4 molecules with the ability to bind ICOSL or CD86.After each cycle of selection, yeast retained through binding tomagnetic beads were amplified through growth in SCD media followed byovernight induction in SCDG media. The preliminary selection wasfollowed by two rounds of fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS)using ICOSL-Fc in round 1 and CD86-Fc in round 2 to enrich the fractionof yeast cells that displays improved binders.

Doublet yeast were gated out using forward scatter (FSC)/side scatter(SSC) parameters, and sort gates were based upon higher ligand bindingdetected in FL2 that possessed more limited tag expression binding inFL1. For PD-L2, the second round FACS outputs (F2) were compared toparental for binding rPD-1.Fc by double staining each population withanti-HA (hemagglutinin) tag expression and the anti-human Fc-PEsecondary to detect ligand binding.

Yeast outputs from the flow cytometric sorts were assayed for higherspecific binding affinity. Sort output yeast were expanded andre-induced to express the particular IgSF affinity modified domainvariants they encode. This population then can be compared to theparental, wild-type yeast strain, or any other selected outputs, such asthe bead output yeast population, by flow cytometry.

Selected variant IgSF domains were further formatted as fusion proteinsand tested for binding and functional activity as described below.

Example 11 Reformatting Selection Outputs as Fc-Fusions and in VariousImmunomodulatory Protein Types

Example 11 describes reformatting of selection outputs identified inExample 10 as immunomodulatory proteins containing an affinity modified(variant) IgSF domain fused to an Fc molecule (variant IgV domain-Fc orECD-Fc fusion molecules).

Output cell pools from final flow cytometric sorts were grown toterminal density in SCD-Leu medium. Plasmid DNA from each output wasisolated using a yeast plasmid DNA isolation kit (ZymoResearch, USA).For PD-L2, the plasmid DNA was from at least 10× the number of cells ofeach sort output. For Fc fusions, PCR primers with added restrictionsites suitable for cloning into the Fc fusion vector of choice were usedto batch-amplify from the plasmid DNA preps the coding DNA for themutant target IgV or ECD domains. After restriction digestion, the PCRproducts were ligated into Fc fusion vector followed by heat shocktransformation into E. coli strain XL1 Blue (Agilent, USA) or NEB5alpha(New England Biolabs) as directed by supplier. Alternatively, theoutputs were PCR amplified with primers containing 40 bp overlap regionson either end with Fc fusion vector to carry out in vitro recombinationusing Gibson Assembly Mastermix (New England Biolabs), which wassubsequently used in heat shock transformation into E. coli strainNEB5alpha. Exemplary of an Fc fusion vector is pFUSE-hIgG1-Fc2(InvivoGen, USA).

Dilutions of transformation reactions were plated on LB-agar containing100 μg/mL carbenicillin (Teknova, USA) to isolate single colonies forselection. Up to 96 colonies from each transformation were then grown in96 well plates to saturation overnight at 37° C. in LB-carbenicillinbroth (Teknova cat #L8112) and a small aliquot from each well wassubmitted for DNA sequencing of the IgV domain insert in order toidentify the mutation(s) in all clones. Sample preparation for DNAsequencing was carried out using protocols provided by the serviceprovider (Genewiz; South Plainfield, N.J.). After removal of sample forDNA sequencing, glycerol was then added to the remaining cultures for afinal glycerol content of 25% and plates were stored at −20° C. forfuture use as master plates (see below). Alternatively, samples for DNAsequencing were generated by replica plating from grown liquid culturesonto solid agar plates using a disposable 96 well replicator (VWR, USA).These plates were incubated overnight to generate growth patches and theplates were submitted to Genewiz as specified by Genewiz. In someinstances, resequencing was performed to verify mutations.

After analysis of the Genewiz-generated DNA sequencing data, clones ofinterest were recovered from master plates and individually grown todensity in liquid LB-broth containing 100 μg/mL carbenicillin (Teknova,USA) and cultures were then used for preparation of plasmid DNA of eachclone using a standard kit such as the PureYield Plasmid Miniprep System(Promega) or the MidiPlus kit (Qiagen). Identification of clones ofinterest from Genewiz sequencing data generally involved the followingsteps. First, DNA sequence data files were downloaded from the Genewizwebsite. All sequences were then manually curated so that they start atthe beginning of the ECD or IgV domain coding region. The curatedsequences were then batch-translated using a suitable program availableat the URL: www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/st/emboss_transeq/. The translatedsequences were then aligned using a suitable program available at theURL: multalin.toulouse.inra.fr/multalin/multalin.html. Alternatively,Genewiz sequences were processed to generate alignments using Ugenesoftware (http://ugene.net).

Clones of interest were then identified from alignments using thefollowing criteria: 1) identical clone occurs at least two times in thealignment and 2) a mutation occurs at least two times in the alignmentand preferably in distinct clones. Clones that meet at least one ofthese criteria were assumed to be clones that have been enriched by thesorting process due to improved binding.

To generate recombinant immunomodulatory proteins that are Fc fusionproteins containing an IgV domain or ECD of the various IgSF proteinswith at least one affinity-modified domain, the DNA encoding the variantwas generated to encode a protein as follows: variant (mutant) ECD orIgV domain followed by a linker of three alanines (AAA) followed by aninert Fc lacking effector function, set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1938,containing the mutations C220S, R292C, N297G and V302C by EU numbering(corresponding to C5S, R77C, N82G and V87C with reference to wild-typehuman IgG1 Fc set forth in SEQ ID NO: 187); or 1939, containing themutations C220S, L234A, L235E and G237A by EU numbering. In some cases,the encoding DNA was generated to encode a protein as follows: variant(mutant) IgV domain followed by a linker of three alanines (AAA)followed by a human IgG1 Fc set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1157 containing themutations R292C, N297G and V302C by EU numbering (corresponding to R77C,N82G and V87C with reference to wild-type human IgG1 Fc set forth in SEQID NO: 187).

Alternatively, ECD or IgV domains were fused in a similar manner butwith a linker containing the amino acids (GSGGGGS; SEQ ID NO: 1941)followed by an inert Fc lacking effector function, set forth in SEQ IDNO: 1939. In some cases, the NotI cloning site which contributes to theAAA linker sequence was deleted to generate a direct fusion of the ICOSLECD and the beginning of the Fc. In some cases, ECD or IgV domains werefused in a similar manner but with a human IgG1 Fc capable of effectoractivity (effector). Since the construct does not include an antibody,light chains that can form a covalent bond with a cysteine, such anexemplary human IgG1 Fc (set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1202) contained areplacement of the cysteine residue to a serine residue at position 220(C220S) by EU numbering (corresponding to position 5 (C5S) withreference to the wild-type or unmodified Fc set forth in SEQ ID NO:187).

Example 12 Expression and Purification of Fc-Fusions

Example 12 describes the high throughput expression and purification ofFc-fusion proteins containing variant ECD or IgV domains as described inthe above Examples.

Recombinant variant Fc fusion proteins were produced fromsuspension-adapted human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells using theExpi293 expression system (Invitrogen, USA). 4 μg of each plasmid DNAfrom the previous step was added to 200 μL Opti-MEM (Invitrogen, USA) atthe same time as 10.8 μL ExpiFectamine was separately added to another200 μL Opti-MEM. After 5 minutes, the 200 μL of plasmid DNA was mixedwith the 200 μL of ExpiFectamine and was further incubated for anadditional 20 minutes before adding this mixture to cells. Ten millionExpi293 cells were dispensed into separate wells of a sterile 10 mL,conical bottom, deep 24-well growth plate (Thomson Instrument Company,USA) in a volume of 4 mL Expi293 media (Invitrogen, USA). Plates wereshaken for 5 days at 120 RPM in a mammalian cell culture incubator setto 95% humidity and 8% CO₂. Following a 5-day incubation, cells werepelleted and culture supernatants were retained.

In general, proteins were purified from supernatants using a highthroughput 96-well Filter Plate (Thomson Catalog number 931919), eachwell loaded with 60 μL of Mab SelectSure settled bead (GE Healthcarecat. no. 17543801). Protein was eluted with four consecutive 200 μlfractions of 50 mM Acetate pH 3.3. Each fraction's pH was adjusted toabove pH 5.0 with 4 μL 2 M Tris pH 8.0. Fractions were pooled andquantitated using 280 nm absorbance measured by Nanodrop instrument(Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA), and protein purity was assessed byloading 5 μg of non-reduced protein on Mini-Protean TGX Stain-Free gels.Proteins were then visualized on a Bio Rad Chemi Doc XRS gel imager.

In some cases, proteins were purified from supernatants using a highthroughput 96 well Protein A purification kit using the manufacturer'sprotocol (Catalog number 45202, Life Technologies, USA). Resultingelution fractions were buffer exchanged into PBS using Zeba 96 well spindesalting plate (Catalog number 89807, Life Technologies, USA) using themanufacturer's protocol. Purified protein was quantitated using 280 nmabsorbance measured by Nanodrop instrument (Thermo Fisher Scientific,USA), and protein purity was assessed by loading 5 μg of protein onNUPAGE pre-cast, polyacrylamide gels (Life Technologies, USA) underdenaturing and reducing conditions and subsequent gel electrophoresis.Proteins were visualized in gel using standard Coomassie staining.

Example 13 Assessment of Binding of Affinity-Matured IgSFDomain-Containing Molecules

This Example describes Fc-fusion binding studies of purified affinitymodified CD155, CD112, PD-L1, PD-L2, CD86 (B7-2), CD80 (B7-1), ICOSL,and CTLA-4 proteins, which are other components of the immune synapse(IS) that have a demonstrated dual role in both immune activation andinhibition. The binding of the proteins to cell-expressed counterstructures was tested to assess the specificity and affinity of IgSFdomain variant immunomodulatory proteins. These examples demonstratethat affinity modification of IgSF domains yields proteins that can actto both increase and decrease immunological activity. Variouscombinations of those domains as the ARBM or IRBM in the multi-domainimmunomodulatory protein can be used to achieve immunomodulatoryactivity.

A. Binding to Cell-Expressed Counter Structures

To produce cells expressing cognate binding partners, full-lengthmammalian surface expression constructs for the binding partners weredesigned in pcDNA3.1 expression vector (Life Technologies) and sourcedfrom Genscript, USA. Binding studies were carried out on transfectedHEK293 cells generated to express the full-length mammalian surfaceligands using the using the Expi293F transient transfection system (LifeTechnologies, USA). As a control, binding to mock (non-transfected)cells also was assessed. The number of cells needed for the experimentwas determined, and the appropriate 30 mL scale of transfection wasperformed using the manufacturer's suggested protocol. For each bindingpartner protein or mock 30 mL transfection, 75 million Expi293F cellswere incubated with 30 μg expression construct DNA and 1.5 mL dilutedExpiFectamine 293 reagent for 48 hours, at which point cells wereharvested for staining.

For staining and analysis by flow cytometry, 100,000-200,000 cells ofappropriate transient transfection or negative control (mock) wereplated in 96-well round bottom plates. Cells were spun down andresuspended in staining buffer (PBS (phosphate buffered saline), 1% BSA(bovine serum albumin), and 0.1% sodium azide) for 20 minutes to blocknon-specific binding. Afterwards, cells were centrifuged and resuspendedin staining buffer containing 200 nM to 91 pM of each candidate variantprotein, depending on the experiment of each candidate variant Fcprotein in 50 μl. As controls, the binding activities of wild-type Fcfusion proteins and/or human IgG (Sigma) were also assessed. Primarystaining was performed on ice for 45 minutes, before washing cells instaining buffer twice. PE-conjugated anti-human Fc (JacksonImmunoResearch, USA) was diluted 1:150 in 50 μL staining buffer andadded to cells and incubated another 30 minutes on ice. Secondaryantibody was washed out twice, cells were fixed in 4% formaldehyde/PBS,and samples were analyzed on Intellicyt flow cytometer (Intellicyt Corp,USA) or FACScan flow cytometer (Becton Dickinson, USA). MeanFluorescence Intensity (MFI) was calculated for each transfectant andmock transfected HEK293 with FlowJo Version 10 software (FlowJo LLC,USA).

Mean Fluorescence Intensity (MFI) was calculated for each transfectantand negative parental line with Cell Quest Pro software (BectonDickinson, USA). A ratio of the MFI value of the tested variant comparedto the parental (WT) MFI value was also calculated.

For each Table, the exemplary amino acid substitutions are designated byamino acid position number corresponding to the respective referenceunmodified ECD sequence. The amino acid position is indicated in themiddle, with the corresponding unmodified (e.g. wild-type) amino acidlisted before the number and the identified variant amino acidsubstitution listed (or inserted designated by a) after the number.

Also shown is the binding activity as measured by the Mean FluorescenceIntensity (MFI) value for binding of each variant Fc-fusion molecule tocells engineered to express the cognate counter structure ligand and theratio of the MFI compared to the binding of the corresponding unmodifiedFc fusion molecule not containing the amino acid substitution(s) to thesame cell-expressed counter structure ligand.

B. Anti-CD3 Coimmobilization Assay

Costimulatory bioactivity for some of the fusion variants was determinedin anti-CD3 coimmobilization assays. 1 nM or 4 nM mouse anti-human CD3(OKT3, Biolegends, USA) was diluted in PBS with 1 nM to 80 nM of thevariant proteins. This mixture was added to tissue culture treated flatbottom 96 well plates (Corning, USA) overnight to facilitate adherenceof the stimulatory proteins to the wells of the plate. The next day,unbound protein was washed off the plates and 100,000 purified human panT cells (BenTech Bio, US) or human T cell clone BC3 (Astarte Biologics,USA) were added to each well in a final volume of 200 μL of Ex-Vivo 15media (Lonza, Switzerland). Cells were cultured 3 days before harvestingculture supernatants and measuring human IFN-gamma levels with DuosetELISA kit (R&D Systems, USA) as mentioned above.

C. Bioactivity Characterization

Bioactivity was also tested in a human Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction (MLR)for some molecules. Human primary dendritic cells (DC) are generated byculturing monocytes isolated from PBMC (BenTech Bio, USA) in vitro for 7days with 500U/mL rIL-4 (R&D Systems, USA) and 250 U/mL rGM-CSF (R&DSystems, USA) in Ex-Vivo 15 media (Lonza, Switzerland). 10,000 maturedDC and 100,000 purified allogeneic CD4+ T cells (BenTech Bio, USA) areco-cultured with variant Fc fusion proteins and controls in 96 wellround bottom plates in 200 μL final volume of Ex-Vivo 15 media. On day5, IFN-gamma secretion in culture supernatants is analyzed using theHuman IFN-gamma Duoset ELISA kit (R&D Systems, USA). Optical density ismeasured by VMax ELISA Microplate Reader (Molecular Devices, USA) andquantitated against titrated rIFN-gamma standard included in theIFN-gamma Duo-set kit (R&D Systems, USA).

The functional activity of the some variant Fc-fusion molecules tomodulate the activity of T cells also is shown based on the calculatedlevels of IFN-gamma in culture supernatants (pg/mL) generated with theindicated variant Fc fusion molecule in an MLR assay. Tables E10A, E11A,E13B, E14E-F, E15A-F, E16A-C also depict the ratio of IFN-gamma producedby each variant IgV-Fc compared to the corresponding unmodified IgV-Fcin an MLR assay.

D. Binding and Bioactivity Data

As shown, the selections resulted in the identification of a number ofCD155, CD112, PD-L1, PD-L2, CD86 (B7-2), CD80 (B7-1), ICOSL, and CTLA-4IgSF domain variants that were affinity-modified to exhibit increasedbinding for at least one, and in some cases more than one, cognatecounter structure ligand. In addition, the results showed that affinitymodification of the variant molecules also exhibited improved activitiesto both increase and decrease immunological activity.

1. CD155 Binding and Bioactivity Data

Purified variant IgV Fc fusion proteins were tested to assessspecificity and affinity of CD155 domain variant immunomodulatoryproteins for cognate binding partners as described above using HEK293cells expressing the full-length mammalian surface expression constructsfor human TIGIT, CD226 or CD96. For some molecules, soluble rCD155.Fcbioactivity was also tested in a human Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction (MLR).

TABLE E10A Variant CD155 selected against cognate binding partners.Molecule sequences, binding data, and costimulatory bioactivity data.Anti-CD3 CD96 Mock IFN-gamma CD226 tfxn TIGIT tfxn MFI Expi293 (pg/mL)MFI MFI (CD96 MFI (Anti-CD3 (CD226 MFI (TIGIT MFI MFI (Mock MFIIFN-gamma parental parental parental parental parental CD155 mutationsratio) ratio) ratio) ratio) ratio) P18S, P64S, F91S 497825 247219 1400653528 270.1 (133.7) (91.1) (45.4) (1.2) (0.7) P18S, F91S, L104P 2621075176 10867 2130 364.2 (7.0) (27.7) (3.5) (0.7) (0.9) L44P 581289 261931152252 3414 277.6 (156.1) (96.5) (49.4) (1.2) (0.7) A56V 455297 280265161162 2601 548.2 (122.3) (103.2) (52.2) (0.9) (1.4) P18L, L79V, F91S5135 4073 3279 2719 1241.5 (1.4) (1.5) (1.1) (0.9) (3.2) P18S, F91S408623 284190 147463 3348 760.6 (109.8) (104.7) (47.8) (1.1) (2.0) P18T,F91S 401283 223985 157644 3065 814.7 (107.8) (82.5) (51.1) (1.1) (2.1)P18T, S42P, F91S 554105 223887 135395 3796 539.7 (148.8) (82.5) (43.9)(1.3) (1.4) G7E, P18T, Y30C, F91S 12903 12984 7906 2671 275.9 (3.5)(4.8) (2.6) (0.9) (0.7) P18T, F91S, G111D 438327 287315 167583 4012307.2 (117.7) (105.8) (54.3) (1.4) (0.8) P18S, F91P 4154 3220 2678 2816365.7 (1.1) (1.2) (0.9) (1.0) (0.9) P18T, F91S, F108L 394546 298680193122 2926 775.4 (106.0) (110.0) (62.6) (1.0) (2.0) P18T, T45A, F91S435847 222044 191026 2948 1546.8 (117.1) (81.8) (61.9) (1.0) (4.0) P18T,F91S, R94H 3589 2942 2509 2390 1273.2 (1.0) (1.1) (0.8) (0.8) (3.3)P18S, Y30C, F91S 382352 276358 56934 3540 426.5 (102.7) (101.8) (18.5)(1.2) (1.1) A81V, L83P 4169 2912 2616 2993 339.7 (1.1) (1.1) (0.8) (1.0)(0.9) L88P 65120 74845 35280 2140 969.2 (17.5) (27.6) (11.4) (0.7) (2.5)Wild type 3723 2715 3085 2913 389.6 (1.0) (1.0) (1.0) (1.0) (1.0) R94H18905 104013 11727 1663 372.6 (5.1) (38.3) (3.8) (0.6) (1.0) ABE, P18S,A56V, F91S 357808 179060 118570 2844 349.2 (96.1) (66.0) (38.4) (1.0)(0.9) P18T, F91S, V115A 38487 46313 22718 2070 1574.5 (10.3) (17.1)(7.4) (0.7) (4.0) P18T, Q60K 238266 173730 154448 4778 427.2 (64.0)(64.0) (50.1) (1.6) (1.1)

TABLE E10B Additional CD155 Variants and Binding Data. TIGIT CD226CD112R CD96 Fold ↑ Fold ↑ Fold ↑ Fold ↑ CD155 MFI at to WT MFI at to WTMFI at to WT MFI at to WT Mutation(s) (100 nM) ECD (100 nM) ECD (100 nM)ECD (100 nM) ECD S52M 1865.3 0.00 1901.0 0.01 1553.4 0.87 1609.8 0.02T45Q, S52L, 2287.0 0.01 2390.4 0.01 1735.1 0.97 1575.1 0.02 L104E, G111RS42G 4837.5 0.01 2448.1 0.01 1815.4 1.02 1699.6 0.02 Q62F 2209.5 0.012572.1 0.01 2706.5 1.52 2760.7 0.03 S52Q 2288.1 0.01 2022.3 0.01 1790.11.00 1822.3 0.02 S42A, 1923.7 0.00 1901.7 0.01 1815.1 1.02 1703.8 0.02L104Q, G111R S42A, S52Q, 1807.5 0.00 2157.2 0.01 1894.4 1.06 1644.0 0.02L104Q, G111R S52W, L104E 1938.2 0.00 1905.6 0.01 2070.6 1.16 1629.5 0.02S42C 1914.0 0.00 2096.1 0.01 1685.0 0.95 1592.4 0.02 S52W 1991.6 0.002037.3 0.01 1612.8 0.90 1712.9 0.02 S52M, L104Q 2666.6 0.01 2252.2 0.011706.0 0.96 1633.1 0.02 S42L, S52L, 2021.4 0.00 2643.8 0.02 1730.1 0.972318.7 0.02 Q62F, L104Q S42W 2434.5 0.01 2133.4 0.01 2325.7 1.30 2555.40.03 S42Q 2073.5 0.00 2225.9 0.01 1905.1 1.07 2143.1 0.02 S52L 2224.80.01 2676.3 0.02 2038.6 1.14 2043.2 0.02 S52R 4395.4 0.01 3964.4 0.022741.7 1.54 4846.9 0.05 L104E 3135.4 0.01 2264.2 0.01 1803.5 1.01 1556.70.02 G111R 2082.7 0.00 2791.3 0.02 2470.9 1.39 3317.1 0.03 S52E 2655.40.01 2599.8 0.02 1904.9 1.07 1799.0 0.02 Q62Y 2528.6 0.01 2621.4 0.021918.4 1.08 1827.5 0.02 T45Q, 79498.2 0.19 143238.5 0.83 2600.6 1.466310.4 0.06 S52M, L104E S42N, 2432.1 0.01 2311.3 0.01 1847.4 1.04 1958.30.02 L104Q, G111R S52M, V57L 1760.7 0.00 2431.6 0.01 2006.9 1.13 1858.70.02 S42N, 2402.7 0.01 2152.0 0.01 1855.0 1.04 1737.6 0.02 S52Q, Q62FS42A, S52L, 2262.7 0.01 1889.4 0.01 1783.2 1.00 1606.2 0.02 L104E, G111RS42W, S52Q, 1961.4 0.00 2138.3 0.01 1844.9 1.03 1699.6 0.02 V57L, Q62YL104Q 10314.4 0.02 3791.4 0.02 2119.9 1.19 1542.6 0.02 S42L, 1946.9 0.006474.3 0.04 1749.0 0.98 1702.2 0.02 S52Q, L104E S42C,S52L 1762.5 0.002147.3 0.01 1663.4 0.93 1484.7 0.01 S42W, S52R, 1918.8 0.00 2300.1 0.011824.6 1.02 1756.0 0.02 Q62Y, L104Q T45Q, 121636.9 0.29 142381.2 0.822617.9 1.47 3748.2 0.04 S52R, L104E S52R, Q62F, 2969.2 0.01 3171.6 0.021725.4 0.97 2362.3 0.02 L104Q, G111R T45Q, S52L, 2857.7 0.01 5943.5 0.031496.8 0.84 1533.3 0.02 V57L, L104E S52M, Q62Y 1926.6 0.00 2000.3 0.011771.6 0.99 1651.1 0.02 Q62F, 1966.4 0.00 2043.5 0.01 1701.9 0.95 1524.80.02 L104E, G111R T45Q, S52Q 4812.8 0.01 5787.5 0.03 1765.6 0.99 2451.30.02 S52L, L104E 4317.8 0.01 2213.9 0.01 1756.9 0.99 1829.3 0.02 S42V,S52E 2055.0 0.00 2272.6 0.01 1808.0 1.01 2530.2 0.03 T45Q, 4092.3 0.012075.2 0.01 1793.6 1.01 2336.6 0.02 S52R, G111R S42G, S52Q, 2010.1 0.002019.2 0.01 1706.4 0.96 1707.6 0.02 L104E, G111R S42N, S52E, 1784.2 0.001743.6 0.01 1690.1 0.95 1538.7 0.02 V57L, L104E Wildtype 1964.7 0.002317.1 0.01 2169.6 1.22 1893.4 0.02 S42C, 1861.0 0.00 2084.2 0.01 1592.30.89 1481.3 0.01 S52M, Q62F S42L 1930.4 0.00 2187.2 0.01 1743.2 0.981618.4 0.02 Wildtype 2182.6 0.01 2374.5 0.01 1743.1 0.98 1680.4 0.02S42A 1929.2 0.00 2188.6 0.01 1733.7 0.97 1623.6 0.02 S42G, S52L, 1924.30.00 2157.6 0.01 1661.3 0.93 1642.1 0.02 Q62F, L104Q S42N 1817.4 0.001910.9 0.01 1699.7 0.95 1691.5 0.02 CD155 IgV Fc 4690 0.01 4690 0.032941 1.65 3272 0.03 Wildtype CD 423797 1.00 172839 1.00 1783 1.00 990371.00 155 ECD-Fc Anti-human 1506.3 0.00 3774 0.02 1587 0.89 1618 0.02 FcPE

TABLE E10C Additional CD155 Variants and Binding Data. TIGIT CD226 CD96MFI at Fold Increase MFI at Fold Increase MFI at Fold Increase CD155Mutation(s) 100 nM to WT ECD 100 nM to WT ECD 100 nM to WT ECD P18T,S65A, S67V, F91S 297843 1.99 351195 3.22 128180 1.68 P18T, T45Q, T61R,S65N, S67L 224682 1.50 270175 2.48 22820 0.30 P18F, S65A, S67V, F91S534106 3.57 350410 3.21 144069 1.89 P18S, L79P, L104M 342549 2.29 3208232.94 107532 1.41 P18S, L104M 449066 3.00 295126 2.70 121266 1.59 L79P,L104M 3210 0.02 8323 0.08 2894 0.04 P18T, T45Q, L79P 542878 3.63 3714983.40 193719 2.55 P18T, T45Q, T61R, S65H, S67H 312337 2.09 225439 2.07152903 2.01 A13R, D23Y, E37P, S42P, Q62Y, A81E 4161 0.03 11673 0.11 57620.08 P18L, E37S, Q62M, G80S, A81P, G99Y, 5900 0.04 14642 0.13 3345 0.04S112N P18S, L104T 321741 2.15 367470 3.37 108569 1.43 P18S, Q62H, L79Q,F91S 283357 1.89 324877 2.98 125541 1.65 P18S, F91S 222780 1.49 3000492.75 48542 0.64 P18L, V57T, T61S, S65Y, S67A, L104T 278178 1.86 2768702.54 121499 1.60 P18T, T45Q 326769 2.18 357515 3.28 92389 1.21 T61M,S65W, S67A, L104T 360915 2.41 417897 3.83 148954 1.96 P18S, V41A, S42G,T45G, L104N 3821 0.03 11449 0.10 3087 0.04 P18H, S42G, T45I, S52T, G53R,S54H, 5066 0.03 177351 1.63 3700 0.05 V57L, H59E, T61S, S65D, E68G,L104N P18S, S42G, T45V, F58L, S67W, L104N 14137 0.09 15175 0.14 153240.20 P18S, T45I, L104N 141745 0.95 298011 2.73 97246 1.28 P18S, S42G,T45G, L104N, V106A 29387 0.20 117965 1.08 15884 0.21 P18H, H40R, S42G,T45I, S52T, G53R, 12335 0.08 14657 0.13 15779 0.21 S54H, V57L, H59E,T61S, S65D, E68G, L104Y, V106L, F108H P18S, T45Q, L79P, L104T 2066741.38 285512 2.62 87790 1.15 P18L, Q62R 66939 0.45 25063 0.23 10928 0.14P18L, H49R, L104T, D116N 167980 1.12 214677 1.97 62451 0.82 S65T, L104T205942 1.38 187147 1.71 65207 0.86 P18L, A47V, Q62Y, E73D, L104T 1461420.98 248926 2.28 73956 0.97 P18L, S42P, T45Q, T61G, S65H, S67E, 1535361.03 402503 3.69 53044 0.70 L104T, D116N T45Q, S52E, Q62F, L104E 1328500.89 276434 2.53 14558 0.19 Wildtype CD155 ECD-Fc 149692 1.00 1091371.00 76083 1.00 Anti-human Fc PE 2287 0.02 4799 0.04 2061 0.03

TABLE E10D Additional CD155 Variants and Binding Data. TIGIT CD226 CD96MFI at Fold Increase MFI at Fold Increase MFI at Fold Increase CD155Mutations 100 nM to WT IgV 100 nM to WT IgV 100 nM to WT IgV P18F, T26M,L44V, Q62K, L79P, 117327 1.2 1613 0.1 1629 0.1 F91S, L104M, G111D P18S,T45S, T61K, S65W, S67A, 124936 1.3 2114 0.1 2223 0.1 F91S, G111R P18S,L79P, L104M, T107M 110512 1.1 18337 0.9 22793 1.3 P18S, S65W, S67A,M90V, V95A, 101726 1.0 1605 0.1 2571 0.1 L104Q, G111R Wildtype CD155-ECD98935 1.0 20029 1.0 17410 1.0

TABLE E10E Additional CD155 Variants and Binding Data. TIGIT CD226 CD96Fold Fold Fold MFI at Change from MFI at Change from MFI at Change fromCD155 Mutations 11.1 nM CD155-ECD 11.1 nM CD155-ECD 11.1 nM CD155-ECDP18S, A47G, L79P, F91S, L104M, 56,409 1.19 1,191 0.08 25,362 1.49 T107A,R113W P18T, D23G, S24A, N35D, H49L, 128,536 2.72 987 0.06 3,497 0.20L79P, F91S, L104M, G111R V9L, P18S, Q60R, V75L, L79P, 125,329 2.65 9860.06 959 0.06 R89K, F91S, L104E, G111R P18S, H49R, E73D, L79P, N85D,Little to no protein produced F91S, V95A, L104M, G111R V11A, P18S, L79P,F91S, L104M, 48,246 1.02 974 0.06 923 0.05 G111R V11A, P18S, S54R, Q60P,Q62K, 190,392 4.02 1,019 0.07 1,129 0.07 L79P, N85D, F91S, T107M P18T,S52P, S65A, S67V, L79P, 121,611 2.57 986 0.06 16,507 0.97 F91S, L104M,G111R P18T, M36T, L79P, F91S, G111R 150,015 3.17 1,029 0.07 2,514 0.15D8G, P18S, M36I, V38A, H49Q, 79,333 1.68 1,026 0.07 2,313 0.14 A76E,F91S, L104M, T107A, R113W P18S, S52P, S65A, S67V, L79P, 23,766 0.501,004 0.07 1,080 0.06 F91S, L104M, T107S, R113W T15I, P18T, L79P, F91S,L104M, 55,498 1.17 1,516 0.10 1,030 0.06 G111R P18F, T26M, L44V, Q62K,L79P, 213,640 4.51 991 0.06 1,276 0.07 E82D, F91S, L104M, G111D P18T,E37G, G53R, Q62K, L79P, 251,288 5.31 2,001 0.13 45,878 2.69 F91S, E98D,L104M, T107M P18L, K70E, L79P, F91S, V95A, 62,608 1.32 1,117 0.07 9730.06 G111R V9I, Q12K, P18F, S65A, S67V, 81,932 1.73 803 0.05 68,295 4.00L79P, L104T, G111R, S112I P18F, S65A, S67V, F91S, L104M, 30,661 0.65 9010.06 3,193 0.19 G111R V9I, V10I, P18S, F20S, T45A, L79P, 151,489 3.20973 0.06 974 0.06 F91S, L104M, F108Y, G111R, S112V V9L, P18L, L79P,M90I, F91S, 155,279 3.28 910 0.06 10,568 0.62 T102S, L104M, G111R P18C,T26M, L44V, M55I, Q62K, 137,521 2.91 973 0.06 111,085 6.51 L79P, F91S,L104M, T107M V91, P18T, D23G, L79P, F91S, 151,426 3.20 897 0.06 2,7250.16 G111R P18F, L79P, M90L, F91S, V95A, 125,639 2.66 917 0.06 3,9390.23 L104M, G111R P18F, L79P, M90L, F91S, V95A, 115,156 2.43 1,073 0.072,464 0.14 L104M, G111R P18T, M36T, S65A, S67E, L79Q, 10,616 0.22 1,1300.07 963 0.06 A81T, F91S, G111R V9L, P18T, Q62R, L79P, F91S, 195,1114.12 835 0.05 1,497 0.09 L104M, G111R CD155-ECD-Fc 47,319 1.00 15,4211.00 17,067 1.00 Fc Control 2,298 0.05 1,133 0.07 996 0.06

TABLE E10F Additional CD155 Variants and Binding Data. TIGIT CD226CD112R CD96 Fold Fold Fold Fold Change Change Change Change MFI at fromMFI at from MFI at from MFI at from CD155 Mutations 25 nM CD155-ECD 25nM CD155-ECD 25 nM CD155-ECD 25 nM CD155-ECD P18T, G19D, M36T, S54N, 9050.02 748 0.02 1276 1.56 726 0.01 L79P, L83Q, F91S, T107M, F108Y V9L,P18L, M55V, S69L, 58656 1.34 11166 0.29 920 1.13 67364 1.39 L79P, A81E,F91S, T107M P18F, H40Q, T61K, Q62K, 108441 2.48 853 0.02 918 1.13 80350.17 L79P, F91S, L104M, T107V P18S, Q32R, Q62K, R78G, 5772 0.13 701 0.02843 1.03 831 0.02 L79P, F91S, T107A, R113W Q12H, P18T, L21S, G22S, 10840.02 687 0.02 876 1.07 818 0.02 V57A, Q62R, L79P, F91S, T107M V9I, P18S,S24P, H49Q, 69926 1.60 1089 0.03 1026 1.26 43856 0.90 F58Y, Q60R, Q62K,L79P, F91S, T107M P18T, W46C, H49R, S65A, 918 0.02 640 0.02 803 0.98 7170.01 S67V, A76T, L79P, S87T, L104M P18S, S42T, E51G, L79P, 12630 0.29707 0.02 857 1.05 1050 0.02 F91S, G92W, T107M P18S, S42T, E51G, L79P,7476 0.17 851 0.02 935 1.15 924 0.02 F91S, G92W, T107M V10F, T15S, P18L,R48Q, 1168 0.03 792 0.02 901 1.10 998 0.02 L79P, F91S, T107M, V115MP18S, L21M, Y30F, N35D, 1377 0.03 743 0.02 946 1.16 1033 0.02 R84W,F91S, T107M, D116G P18F, E51V, S54G, Q60R, 46090 1.05 15701 0.41 10121.24 61814 1.27 L79Q, E82G, S87T, M90I, F91S, G92R, T107M Q16H, P18F,F91S, T107M Little to no protein produced P18T, D23G, Q60R, S67L, 640911.47 30931 0.81 874 1.07 108875 2.24 L79P, F91S, T107M, V115A D8G, V9I,V11A, P18T, 52508 1.20 9483 0.25 817 1.00 97770 2.01 T26M, S52P, L79P,F91S, G92A, T107L, V115A V9I, P18F, A47E, G50S, 55167 1.26 54341 1.43752 0.92 102115 2.10 E68G, L79P, F91S, T107M P18S, M55I, Q62K, S69P,Little to no protein produced L79P, F91S, T107M P18T, T39S, S52P, S54R,45927 1.05 744 0.02 1038 1.27 1225 0.03 L79P, F91S, T107M P18S, D23N,L79P, F91S, Little to no protein produced T107M, S114N P18S, P34S, E51V,L79P, 7917 0.18 769 0.02 853 1.04 892 0.02 F91S, G111R P18S, H59N, V75A,L79P, 800 0.02 676 0.02 915 1.12 759 0.02 A81T, F91S, L104M, T107M P18S,W46R, E68D, L79P, 1359 0.03 717 0.02 798 0.98 737 0.02 F91S, T107M,R113G V9L, P18F, T45A, S65A, 130274 2.98 153569 4.04 812 1.00 85605 1.76S67V, R78K, L79V, F91S, T107M, S114T P18T, M55L, T61R, L79P, 133399 3.051906 0.05 827 1.01 57927 1.19 F91S, V106I, T107M T15I, P18S, V33M, N35F,7550 0.17 1015 0.03 789 0.97 2709 0.06 T39S, M55L, R78S, L79P, F91S,T107M P18S, Q62K, K70E, L79P, 11173 0.26 691 0.02 735 0.90 1951 0.04F91S, G92E, R113W P18F, F20I, T26M, A47V, 136088 3.11 54026 1.42 14011.72 96629 1.99 E51K, L79P, F91S P18T, D23A, Q60H, L79P, 43795 1.0098241 2.58 888 1.09 70891 1.46 M90V, F91S, T107M P18S, D23G, C29R, N35D,1599 0.04 1030 0.03 1115 1.37 1944 0.04 E37G, M55I, Q62K, S65A, S67G,R78G, L79P, F91S, L104M, T107M, Q110R A13E, P18S, M36R, Q62K, Little tono protein produced S67T, L79P, N85D, F91S, T107M V91, P18T, H49R, L79P,46375 1.06 76851 2.02 794 0.97 80210 1.65 N85D, F91S, L104T, T107M V9A,P18F, T61S, Q62L, 26109 0.60 891 0.02 825 1.01 2633 0.05 L79P, F91S,G111R D8E, P18T, T61A, L79P, Little to no protein produced F91S, T107MP18S, V41A, H49R, S54C, 1098 0.03 830 0.02 876 1.07 1678 0.03 L79S,N85Y, L88P, F91S, L104M, T107M V11E, P18H, F20Y, V25E, 979 0.02 846 0.02844 1.03 928 0.02 N35S, H49R, L79P, F91S, T107M, G111R V11A, P18F, D23A,L79P, 45249 1.04 913 0.02 830 1.02 33883 0.70 G80D, V95A, T107M P18S,K70R, L79P, F91S, 16180 0.37 793 0.02 854 1.05 1182 0.02 G111R P18T,D23A, Q60H, L79P, 175673 4.02 161958 4.26 879 1.08 50981 1.05 M90V,F91S, T107M V9L, VI1M, P18S, N35S, 2999 0.07 2315 0.06 893 1.09 925 0.02S54G, Q62K, L79P, L104M, T107M, V115M V9L, P18Y, V25A, V38G, 138011 3.1626015 0.68 919 1.13 17970 0.37 M55V, A77T, L79P, M90I, F91S, L104M V10G,P18T, L72Q, L79P, 4253 0.10 1584 0.04 863 1.06 3643 0.07 F91S, T107MP18S, H59R, A76G, R78S, 130622 2.99 79435 2.09 1009 1.24 44493 0.91 L79PV9A, P18S, M36T, S65G, 92503 2.12 989 0.03 886 1.09 7850 0.16 L79P,F91S, L104T, G111R, S112I P18T, S52A, V57A, Q60R, 187338 4.29 10579 0.28908 1.11 3791 0.08 Q62K, S65C, L79P, F91T, N100Y, T107M V11A, P18F,N35D, A47E, Little to no protein produced Q62K, L79P, F91S, G99D, T107M,S114N V11A, P18T, N35S, L79P, S87T, F91S V9D, V11M, Q12L, P18S, 86930.20 790 0.02 852 1.04 1991 0.04 E37V, M55I, Q60R, K70Q, L79P, F91S,L104M, T107M T15S, P18S, Y30H, Q32L, 16213 0.37 2092 0.06 1056 1.29 69940.14 Q62R, L79P, F91S, T107M CD155-ECD-Fc 43704 1.00 38032 1.00 816 1.0048638 1.00 CD112-IgV 1289 824 17819 1172 0.02

2. CD112 Binding and Bioactivity Data

Purified variant IgV Fc fusion proteins were tested to assessspecificity and affinity of CD155 domain variant immunomodulatoryproteins for cognate binding partners as described above using HEK293cells expressing the full-length mammalian surface expression constructsfor human TIGIT, CD112R, CD226 or CD96. For some molecules, solublerCD112.Fc bioactivity was also tested in a human Mixed LymphocyteReaction (MLR).

TABLE E11A Variant CD112 selected against cognate binding partners.Molecule sequences, binding data, and costimulatory bioactivity data.Anti-CD3 IFN-gamma TIGIT CD112R CD226 Mock Expi293 (pg/mL) tfxn MFI tfxnMFI MFI MFI (Anti-CD3 (TIGIT MFI (CD112R MFI (CD226 MFI (Mock MFIIFN-gamma CD112 mutation(s) parental ratio) parental ratio) parentalratio) parental ratio) parental ratio) WT CD112 210829 1452 265392 1112676.6 (1.00) (1.00) (1.00) (1.00) (1.00) Y33H, A112V, G117D 12948 15521368 1241 164.8 (0.06) (1.07) (0.01) (1.12) (0.24) V19A, Y33H, S64G,S80G, 48356 1709 2831 1098 G98S, N106Y, A112V (0.23) (1.18) (0.01)(0.99) L32P, A112V 191432 1557 11095 1259 390.4 (0.91) (1.07) (0.04)(1.13) (0.58) A95V, A112I 238418 1706 51944 1215 282.5 (1.13) (1.17)(0.20) (1.09) (0.42) P28S,A112V 251116 1985 153382 1189 503.4 (1.19)(1.37) (0.58) (1.07) (0.74) P27A, T38N, V101A, A112V 255803 2138 2228221399 240.7 (1.21) (1.47) (0.84) (1.26) (0.36) S118F 11356 5857 6938 1270271.7 (0.05) (4.03) (0.03) (1.14) (0.40) R12W, H48Y, F54S, S118F 109403474 5161 1069 (0.05) (2.39) (0.02) (0.96) R12W, Q79R, S118F 2339 73701880 1338 447.4 (0.01) (5.08) (0.01) (1.20) (0.66) T113S, S118Y 62126823 1554 1214 225.1 (0.03) (4.70) (0.01) (1.09) (0.33) S118Y 2921 65352003 1463 190.4 (0.01) (4.50) (0.01) (1.32) (0.28) N106I, S118Y 27507729 1815 1222 265.8 (0.01) (5.32) (0.01) (1.10) (0.39) N106I, S118F1841 9944 1529 1308 437.9 (0.01) (6.85) (0.01) (1.18) (0.65) A95T, L96P,S118Y 2352 4493 1412 1329 292.4 (0.01) (3.09) (0.01) (1.19) (0.43) Y33H,P67S, N106Y, A112V 225015 3259 204434 1296 618.8 (1.07) (2.24) (0.77)(1.17) (0.91) N106Y, A112V 6036 1974 15334 1108 409.9 (0.03) (1.36)(0.06) (1.00) (0.61) T18S, Y33H, A112V 252647 1347 183181 1412 601.8(1.20) (0.93) (0.69) (1.27) (0.89) P9S, Y33H, N47S, A112V 240467 1418203608 1361 449.1 (1.14) (0.98) (0.77) (1.22) (0.66) P42S, P67H, A112V204484 1610 188647 1174 530.6 (0.97) (1.11) (0.71) (1.06) (0.78) P27L,L32P, P42S, A112V 219883 1963 84319 1900 251.6 (1.04) (1.35) (0.32)(1.71) (0.37) G98D, A112V 4879 2369 6100 1729 387.0 (0.02) (1.63) (0.02)(1.55) (0.57) Y33H, S35P, N106Y, A112V 250724 1715 94373 1495 516.2(1.19) (1.18) (0.36) (1.34) (0.76) L32P, P42S, T100A, A112V 242675 1742202567 1748 435.3 (1.15) (1.20) (0.76) (1.57) (0.64) P27S, P45S, N106I,A112V 223557 1799 84836 1574 277.5 (1.06) (1.24) (0.32) (1.42) (0.41)Y33H, N47K, A112V 251339 1525 199601 1325 483.2 (1.19) (1.05) (0.75)(1.19) (0.71) Y33H, N106Y, A112V 297169 1782 258315 1440 485.4 (1.41)(1.23) (0.97) (1.30) (0.72) K78R, D84G, A112V, F114S 236662 1638 248501345 142.5 (1.12) (1.13) (0.09) (1.21) (0.21) Y33H, N47K, F54L, A112V14483 1617 2371 1353 352.8 (0.07) (1.11) (0.01) (1.22) (0.52) Y33H,A112V 98954 1216 1726 1298 (0.47) (0.84) (0.01) (1.17) A95V, A112V168521 2021 200789 1459 412.9 (0.80) (1.39) (0.76) (1.31) (0.61) R12W,A112V 135635 1582 23378 1412 165.8 (0.64) (1.09) (0.09) (1.27) (0.24)A112V 213576 1986 151900 1409 211.4 (1.01) (1.37) (0.57) (1.27) (0.31)Y33H, A112V 250667 1628 230578 1216 612.7 (1.19) (1.12) (0.87) (1.09)(0.91) R12W, P27S, A112V 3653 1308 9105 1051 (0.02) (0.90) (0.03) (0.94)Y33H, V51M, A112V 218698 1384 195450 1170 709.4 (1.04) (0.95) (0.74)(1.05) (1.05) Y33H, A112V, S118T 219384 1566 192645 1313 396.3 (1.04)(1.08) (0.73) (1.18) (0.59) Y33H, V101A, A112V, P115S 5605 1582 50791197 (0.03) (1.09) (0.02) (1.08) H24R, T38N, D43G, A112V 227095 1537229311 1336 858.6 (1.08) (1.06) (0.86) (1.20) (1.27) A112V 4056 135610365 986 (0.02) (0.93) (0.04) (0.89) P27A, A112V 193537 1531 2307083084 355.1 (0.92) (1.05) (0.87) (2.77) (0.52) A112V, S118T 233173 1659121817 845 533.3 (1.11) (1.14) (0.46) (0.76) (0.79) R12W, A112V, M122I235935 1463 217748 1350 528.0 (1.12) (1.01) (0.82) (1.21) (0.78) Q83K,N106Y, A112V 205948 2042 234958 1551 481.4 (0.98) (1.41) (0.89) (1.39)(0.71) R12W, P27S, A112V, S118T 11985 2667 12756 1257 334.4 (0.06)(1.84) (0.05) (1.13) (0.49) P28S, Y33H, A112V 4711 1412 3968 955 (0.02)(0.97) (0.01) (0.86) P27S, Q90R, A112V 3295 1338 6755 1048 (0.02) (0.92)(0.03) (0.94) L15V, P27A, A112V, S118T 209888 1489 84224 1251 512.3(1.00) (1.03) (0.32) (1.13) 0.76) Y33H, N106Y, T108I, A112V Not testedY33H, P56L, V75M, V101M, Not tested A112V

TABLE E11B Additional CD112 Variants and Binding Data. TIGIT CD226CD112R CD96 Fold Fold Fold Fold MFI Increase MFI at Increase MFI atIncrease MFI at Increase CD112 Mutation(s) 100 nM to WT IgV 100 nM to WTIgV 100 nM to WT IgV 100 nM to WT IgV S118F 1763 0.02 1645 0.08 29740.61 1659 0.19 N47K, Q79R, 1738 0.02 1689 0.09 2637 0.54 1647 0.19 S118FQ40R, P60T, 4980 0.06 1608 0.08 2399 0.50 2724 0.32 A112V, S118T F114Y,S118F 110506 1.34 7325 0.37 1502 0.31 1553 0.18 N106I, S118Y 1981 0.021700 0.09 2394 0.49 1582 0.19 S118Y 101296 1.23 9990 0.50 1429 0.30 15510.18 Y33H, K78R, 2276 0.03 2115 0.11 3429 0.71 2082 0.24 S118Y N106I,S118F 1875 0.02 1675 0.08 2365 0.49 1662 0.19 R12W, A46T, 3357 0.04 18080.09 1664 0.34 4057 0.48 K66M, Q79R, N106I, T113A, S118F Y33H, A112V,3376 0.04 2886 0.15 3574 0.74 3685 0.43 S118F R12W, Y33H, 100624 1.2224513 1.24 1490 0.31 2060 0.24 N106I, S118F L15V, Q90R, 5791 0.07 41690.21 2752 0.57 4458 0.52 S118F N47K, D84G, 3334 0.04 2819 0.14 2528 0.523498 0.41 N106I, S118Y L32P, S118F 3881 0.05 2506 0.13 2659 0.55 25180.29 Y33H, Q79R, Low to no protein produced A112V, S118Y T18A, N106I,84035 1.02 10208 0.52 1585 0.33 1590 0.19 S118T L15V, Y33H, Low to noprotein produced N106Y, A112V, S118F V37M, S118F 96986 1.18 2523 0.131985 0.41 1849 0.22 N47K, A112V, 1980 0.02 1859 0.09 2733 0.56 1825 0.21S118Y A46T, A112V 4224 0.05 4685 0.24 3288 0.68 4273 0.50 P28S, Y33H,6094 0.07 2181 0.11 1891 0.39 3021 0.35 N106I, S118Y P30S, Y33H, N47K,2247 0.03 2044 0.10 1796 0.37 2658 0.31 V75M, Q79R, N106I, S118Y V19A,N47K, 2504 0.03 2395 0.12 2174 0.45 2852 0.33 N106Y, K116E, S118Y Q79R,T85A, 2192 0.03 1741 0.09 2367 0.49 1620 0.19 A112V, S118Y Y33H, A112V20646 0.25 1465 0.07 1794 0.37 2589 0.30 V101M, N106I, 55274 0.67 66250.33 1357 0.28 1494 0.17 S118Y Y33H, Q79R, 6095 0.07 1760 0.09 2393 0.493033 0.36 N106I, A112V, S118T Q79R, A112V 1571 0.02 1490 0.08 2284 0.471326 0.16 Y33H, A46T, 90813 1.10 15626 0.79 1298 0.27 3571 0.42 Q79R,N106I, S118F A112V, G121S 95674 1.16 19992 1.01 1252 0.26 4005 0.47Y33H, Q79R, 36246 0.44 2118 0.11 1970 0.41 3250 0.38 N106I, S118Y Y33H,N106I, 47352 0.57 4217 0.21 2641 0.55 1488 0.17 A112V Y33H, A46T, 144130.17 1596 0.08 2335 0.48 1441 0.17 V101M, A112V, S118T L32P, L99M, 30560.04 1791 0.09 2210 0.46 2000 0.23 N106I, S118F L32P, T108A, 104685 1.274531 0.23 2308 0.48 1518 0.18 S118F A112V 4937 0.06 1903 0.10 1646 0.343011 0.35 R12W, Q79R, 55539 0.67 6918 0.35 1386 0.29 1740 0.20 A112VY33H, N106Y, 2786 0.03 2517 0.13 1787 0.37 2023 0.24 E110G, A112V Y33H,N106I, 1967 0.02 1579 0.08 2601 0.54 1517 0.18 S118Y Q79R, S118F 820551.00 7582 0.38 1298 0.27 1970 0.23 Y33H, Q79R, 21940 0.27 1632 0.08 11410.24 18423 2.16 G98D, V101M, A112V N47K, T81S, 6889 0.08 1311 0.07 13030.27 1145 0.13 V101M, A112V, S118F G82S, S118Y 4267 0.05 1938 0.10 21400.44 2812 0.33 Y33H, A112V, 14450 0.18 1532 0.08 2353 0.49 3004 0.35S118Y Y33H, N47K, 70440 0.85 3557 0.18 1447 0.30 1679 0.20 Q79R, N106Y,A112V Y33H, S118T 113896 1.38 17724 0.89 1252 0.26 5001 0.59 R12W, Y33H,3376 0.04 2727 0.14 2047 0.42 2339 0.27 Q79R, V101M, A112V S118F 26850.03 1864 0.09 2520 0.52 1566 0.18 Wildtype CD112- 82414 1.00 19803 1.004842 1.00 8541 1.00 IgV Fc CD112 ECD-Fc 29157 0.35 8755 0.44 1107 0.231103 0.13 Anti-hFc PE 1383 0.02 1461 0.07 1358 0.28 1468 0.17

TABLE E11C Additional CD112 Variants and Binding Data. TIGIT CD226CD112R CD96 Fold Fold Fold Fold MFI Increase MFI at Increase MFI atIncrease MFI at Increase CD112 Mutation(s) 20 nM to WT IgV 20 nM to WTIgV 20 nM to WT IgV 20 nM to WT IgV N106I, S118Y 1288 0.04 1334 0.126920 4.16 1102 0.44 Y33H, Q83K, 115690 3.31 10046 0.93 1128 0.68 20530.82 A112V, S118T R12W, Q79R, S118F 1436 0.04 1296 0.12 6546 3.93 10460.42 V29M, Y33H, Not tested N106I, S118F Y33H, A46T, A112V 111256 3.1814974 1.39 1148 0.69 3333 1.34 Y33H, Q79R, S118F 1483 0.04 1326 0.127425 4.46 1138 0.46 Y33H, N47K, F74L, 1338 0.04 1159 0.11 1516 0.91 11400.46 S118F R12W, V101M, 1378 0.04 1249 0.12 5980 3.59 1182 0.47 N106I,S118Y A46T, V101A, 1359 0.04 1199 0.11 6729 4.04 1173 0.47 N106I, S118YY33H, N106Y, 113580 3.25 17771 1.65 1207 0.72 2476 0.99 A112V N106Y,A112V, Not tested S118T S76P, T81I, V101M, Not tested N106Y, A112V,S118F N106Y, A112V 29015 0.83 2760 0.26 1159 0.70 1639 0.66 P9R, L21V,P22L, 1920 0.05 1218 0.11 1107 0.66 1074 0.43 I34M, S69F, F74L, A87V,A112V, L125A Y33H, V101M, 126266 3.61 24408 2.27 1150 0.69 4535 1.82A112V N106I, S118F 1776 0.05 1385 0.13 9058 5.44 1370 0.55 V29A, L32P,S118F 1265 0.04 1148 0.11 5057 3.04 1194 0.48 A112V 69673 1.99 6387 0.591140 0.68 1214 0.49 Y33H, V101M, 133815 3.83 24992 2.32 1184 0.71 63382.54 A112V P28S, Y33H, N106I, 2745 0.08 1689 0.16 6625 3.98 1978 0.79S118Y Y33H, V101M, 118654 3.40 21828 2.03 1253 0.75 3871 1.55 N106I,A112V R12W, Y33H, 171390 4.91 5077 0.47 1124 0.68 2636 1.06 N47K, Q79R,S118Y A112V, S118T 103203 2.95 15076 1.40 1155 0.69 1426 0.57 Y33H,A46T, 141859 4.06 29436 2.74 1184 0.71 5760 2.31 A112V, S118T Y33H,A112V, 5161 0.15 1734 0.16 1184 0.71 1249 0.50 F114L, S118T A112V 789022.26 6224 0.58 1114 0.67 1181 0.47 Y33H, T38A, A46T, 111293 3.19 257022.39 1192 0.72 99015 39.69 V101M, A112V Q79R, A112V 96674 2.77 7264 0.671130 0.68 1216 0.49 Y33H, N106I, 5720 0.16 1453 0.14 6543 3.93 1248 0.50S118Y P28S, Y33H, S69P, 22393 0.64 1378 0.13 1550 0.93 19174 7.68 N106I,A112V, S118Y Y33H, P42L, N47K, 214116 6.13 13878 1.29 1315 0.79 47531.91 V101M, A112V Y33H, N47K, F74S, 6719 0.19 1319 0.12 1305 0.78 12780.51 Q83K, N106I, F111L, A112V, S118T Y33H, A112V, 184794 5.29 102040.95 1269 0.76 4321 1.73 S118T, V119A Y33H, N106I, 6872 0.20 1591 0.152308 1.39 2796 1.12 A112V, S118F Y33H, K66M, 1724 0.05 1259 0.12 67824.07 1197 0.48 S118F, W124L S118F 1325 0.04 1213 0.11 7029 4.22 11350.46 N106I, A112V 111342 3.19 4241 0.39 1546 0.93 1178 0.47 Y33H, A112V177926 5.09 13761 1.28 1152 0.69 3117 1.25 WT CD112 IgV 34932 1.00 107621.00 1665 1.00 2495 1.00 WT CD112-Fc ECD 28277 0.81 8023 0.75 1253 0.751064 0.43 Anti-huFc PE 1138 0.03 1006 0.09 1010 0.61 1062 0.43

3. PD-L1 Binding and Bioactivity Data

For PD-L1, binding studies were carried out using Jurkat/IL-2 reportercells (purchased from Promega Corp. USA) that were then transduced tostably express human PD-1 (Jurkat/PD-1 cells). For staining by flowcytometry, 100,000 Jurkat/PD-1 cells or negative control (Jurkat only)were plated in 96 well round bottom plates. Cells were spun down andresuspended in staining buffer (PBS (phosphate buffered saline), 1% BSA(bovine serum albumin), and 0.1% sodium azide) for 20 minutes to blocknon-specific binding. Afterwards, cells were centrifuged again andresuspended in 50 μl staining buffer containing 100 nM to 46 pM of eachcandidate PD-L1 variant Fc fusion protein. As controls, a fullextracellular domain of wild-type PD-L1 (composed of one IgV and one IgCdomain) fused to Fc (“Full length ECD of PD-L1”) and a IgV domain ofwild-type PD-L1 (“wild type PD-L1 IgV”) were tested. Primary stainingwas performed on ice for 45 minutes, before washing cells twice in 150ul staining buffer. PE-conjugated anti-human Fc (Jackson ImmunoResearch,USA) was diluted 1:150 in 50 μl staining buffer and added to cells andincubated another 30 minutes on ice. Secondary antibody was washed outtwice, cells were fixed in 4% formaldehyde/PBS, and samples wereanalyzed on Intellicyt flow cytometer (Intellicyt Corp, USA).

TABLE E12A Selected PD-L1 variants and binding data. Binding toJurkat/PD-1 Cells Fold increase over PD-L1 Mutation(s) MFI at 50 nMwildtype PD-L1 IgV-Fc K28N, M41V, N45T, H51N, K57E 12585 2.4 I20L, I36T,N45D, I47T 3119 0.6 I20L, M41K, K44E 9206 1.8 P6S, N45T, N78I, I83T 4190.1 N78I 2249 0.4 M41K, N78I Little or no protein produced N17D, N45T,V50A, D72G Little or no protein produced I20L, F49S Little or no proteinproduced N45T, V50A 23887 4.6 I20L, N45T, N78I 29104 5.6 N45T, N78I24865 4.7 I20L, N45T 24279 4.6 I20L, N45T, V50A 34158 6.5 N45T 6687 1.3M41K 5079 1.0 M41V, N45T Little or no protein produced M41K, N45T Littleor no protein produced A33D, S75P, D85E 685 0.1 M18I, M41K, D43G, H51R,N78I 20731 4.0 V11E, I20L, I36T, N45D, H60R, S75P 3313 0.6 A33D, V50ALittle or no protein produced S16G, A33D, K71E, S75P Little or noprotein produced E27G, N45T, M97I 881 0.2 E27G, N45T, K57R 5022 1.0A33D, E53V 650 0.1 D43G, N45D, V58A 63960 12.2 E40G, D43V, N45T, V50A809 0.2 Y14S, K28E, N45T 16232 3.1 A33D, N78S 1725 0.3 A33D, N78I 84821.6 A33D, N45T 17220 3.3 A33D, N45T, N78I Little or no protein producedE27G, N45T, V50A 25267 4.8 N45T, V50A, N78S 28572 5.4 N45T, V50A 187173.6 I20L, N45T, V110M 464 0.1 I20L, I36T, N45T, V50A 7658 1.5 N45T,L74P, S75P 5251 1.0 N45T, S75P 12200 2.3 S75P, K106R 388 0.1 S75P 12300.2 A33D, S75P 306 0.1 A33D, S75P, D104G 251 0.0 A33D, S75P 1786 0.3I20L, E27G, N45T, V50A 29843 5.7 I20L, E27G, D43G, N45D, V58A, N78I69486 13.3 I20L, D43G, N45D, V58A, N78I 72738 13.9 I20L, A33D, D43G,N45D, V58A, N78I 80205 15.3 I20L, D43G, N45D, N78I 67018 12.8 E27G,N45T, V50A, N78I 30677 5.9 N45T, V50A, N78I 32165 6.1 V11A, I20L, E27G,D43G, N45D, H51Y, S99G 73727 14.1 I20L, E27G, D43G, N45T, V50A 36739 7.0I20L, K28E, D43G, N45D, V58A, Q89R, 80549 15.4 I20L, I36T, N45D 168703.2 I20L, K28E, D43G, N45D, E53G, V58A, N78I 139 0.0 A33D, D43G, N45D,V58A, S75P 58484 11.2 K23R, D43G, N45D 67559 12.9 I20L, D43G, N45D,V58A, N78I, D90G, G101D 259 0.0 D43G, N45D, L56Q, V58A, G101G-ins 8827716.8 I20L, K23E, D43G, N45D, V58A, N78I 89608 17.1 I20L, K23E, D43G,N45D, V50A, N78I 88829 16.9 T19I, E27G, N45I, V50A, N78I, M97K 25496 4.9I20L, M41K, D43G, N45D 599 0.1 K23R, N45T, N78I 84980 16.2 Full lengthPD-L1 Fc 18465 3.5 Wild type PD-L1 IgV 5243 1.0 Anti-PD-1 monoclonalantibody (nivolumab) 79787 15.2 Human IgG 198 0.0

TABLE E12B Flow Binding to Cells Expressing PD-1 or CD80 PD-1 CD80 FoldFold Change Change Compared Compared MFI at to WT MFI at to WT PD-L1Mutation(s) 20 nM PD-L1 20 nM PD-L1 K57R, S99G 2953 0.9 16253 121.3K57R, S99G, F189L 1930 0.6 12906 96.3 M18V, M97L, F193S, R195G, E200K,69 0.0 241 1.8 H202Q I36S, M41K, M97L, K144Q, R195G, 3498 1.1 68715512.8 E200K, H202Q, L206F C22R, Q65L, L124S, K144Q, R195G, Little or noprotein produced E200N, H202Q, T221L M18V, I98L, L124S, P198T, L206F2187 0.7 143 1.1 S99G, N117S, 1148V, K171R, R180S Little or no proteinproduced I36T, M97L, A103V, Q155H 120 0.0 128 1.0 K28I, S99G 830 0.3 6935.2 R195S 3191 1.0 138 1.0 A79T, S99G, T185A, R195G, E200K, 1963 0.6 6434.8 H202Q, L206F K57R, S99G, L124S, K144Q 2081 0.7 14106 105.3 K57R,S99G, R195G 2479 0.8 10955 81.8 D55V, M97L, S99G 11907 3.8 71242 531.7E27G, I36T, D55N, M97L, K111E 1904 0.6 88724 662.1 E54G, M97L, S99G 84142.7 51905 387.4 G15A, I36T, M97L, K111E, H202Q 112 0.0 13530 101.0 G15A,I36T, V129D 114 0.0 136 1.0 G15A, I36T, V129D, R195G 125 0.0 134 1.0G15A, V129D 2075 0.7 128 1.0 I36S, M97L 3459 1.1 44551 332.5 I36T, D55N,M97L, K111E, A204T 265 0.1 62697 467.9 I36T, D55N, M97L, K111E, V129A,F173L 393 0.1 72641 542.1 I36T, D55S, M97L, KI HE, 1148V, R180S 94 0.030704 229.1 I36T, G52R, M97L, V112A, K144E, 81 0.0 149 1.1 V175A, P198TI36T, 146V, D55G, M97L, K106E, K144E, 69 0.0 190 1.4 T185A, R195G I36T,I83T, M97L, K144E, P198T 62 0.0 6216 46.4 I36T, M97L, K111E Little or noprotein produced I36T, M97L, K144E, P198T 197 0.1 40989 305.9 I36T,M97L, Q155H, F193S, N201Y 69 0.0 1251 9.3 I36T, M97L, V129D 523 0.250905 379.9 L35P, I36S, M97L, K111E 190 0.1 155 1.2 M18I, I36T, E53G,M97L, K144E, E199G, 104 0.0 47358 353.4 V207A M18T, I36T, D55N, M97L,K111E 138 0.0 71440 533.1 M18V, M97L, T176N, R195G 1301 0.4 45300 338.1M97L, S99G 12906 4.1 81630 609.2 N17D, M97L, S99G 10079 3.2 73249 546.6S99G, T185A, R195G, P198T 2606 0.8 22062 164.6 V129D, H202Q 2001 0.6 2191.6 V129D, P198T 3245 1.0 152 1.1 V129D, T150A 1941 0.6 142 1.1 V93E,V129D 1221 0.4 150 1.1 Y10F, M18V, S99G, Q138R, T203A 70 0.0 412 3.1 WTPD-L1 (IgV + IgC) Fc 3121 1.0 134 1.0 CTLA4-Fc 59 N/A 199670 N/AAnti-PDl mAb 31482 N/A 134 N/A Fc Control 59 N/A 132 N/A

TABLE E12C Additional Affinity-Matured IgSF Domain-Containing MoleculesPD-L1 Mutation(s) PD-L1 Mutation(s) N45D N45D, G102D, R194W, R195GK160M, R195G N45D, G52V, Q121L, P198S N45D, K144E N45D, I148V, R195G,N201D N45D, P198S N45D, K111T, T183A, I188V N45D, P198T N45D, Q89R,F189S, P198S N45D, R195G N45D, S99G, C137R, V207A N45D, R195S N45D,T163I, K167R, R195G N45D, S131F N45D, T183A, T192S, R194G N45D, V58DN45D, V50A, I119T, K144E V129D, R195S TWA, N45D, K144E, R195G I98T,F173Y, L196S V11E, N45D, T130A, P198T N45D, E134G, L213P V26A, N45D,T163I, T185A N45D, F173I, S177C K23N, N45D, L124S, K167T, R195G N45D,I148V, R195G K23N, N45D, Q73R, T163I N45D, K111T, R195G K28E, N45D,W149R, S158G, P198T N45D, N113Y, R195S K28R, N45D, K57E, I98V, R195SN45D, N165Y, E170G K28R, N45D, V129D, T163N, R195T N45D, Q89R, 198VM41K, D43G, N45D, R64S, R195G N45D, S131F, P198S M41K, D43G, N45D, R64S,S99G N45D, S75P, P198S N45D, R68L, F173L, D197G, P198S N45D, V50A, R195TN45D, V50A, I148V, R195G, N201D E27D, N45D, T183A, I188V M41K, D43G,K44E, N45D, R195G, N201D F173Y, T183I, L196S, N45D, V50A, L124S, K144E,L179P, T203A K23N, N45D, S75P, N120S R195G

4. PD-L2 Binding and Bioactivity Data

Binding studies were carried out using Jurkat/IL-2 reporter cells(purchased from Promega Corp. USA) that were then transduced to stablyexpress PD-1 (Jurkat/PD-1) generally as described above for studies withPD-L1. In addition, protein-protein interactions between PD-1 and PD-L2domain variant immunomodulatory proteins were further assessed usingFortebio binding assays. PD-1 was loaded individually onto anti-humancapture sensors (ForteBio Octet AHC) and Fc fusions of full lengthwildtype (unmodified) PD-L2 IgV, full length ECD of PD-L2, full lengthECD of PD-L1, or variant PD-L2 Fc-fusion molecules were bound to thePD-1 receptor at a single concentration of 100 nM. As a positivecontrol, anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody (nivolumab) was also assessed.Loading response of anti-human capture sensors of each binding proteinbeing tested with the variant IgV-Fc fusion molecule was determined.

TABLE E13A Variant PD-L2 selected against PD-1. Molecule sequence andbinding data. Binding to Jurkat/PD-1 Fortebio Cells PD-1-Fc Foldincrease Response MFI at over wildtype Units PD-L2 mutation(s) 50 nMPD-L2 IgV-Fc binding to H15Q 15998 1.63 0.007 N24D 1414 0.14 −0.039 E44D2928 0.3 −0.006 V89D 3361 0.34 0.005 Q82R, V89D 44977 4.57 1.111 E59G,Q82R 12667 1.29 −0.028 S39I, V89D 26130 2.65 0.26 S67L, V89D 15991 1.620.608 S67L, I85F 529 0.05 −0.005 S67L, I86T 6833 0.69 0.141 H15Q, K65R13497 1.37 −0.001 H15Q, Q72H, V89D 12629 1.28 0.718 H15Q, S67L, R76G47201 4.8 0.418 H15Q, R76G, I85F 2941 0.3 −0.038 H15Q, T47A, Q82R 651746.62 0.194 H15Q, Q82R, V89D 49652 5.04 1.198 H15Q, C23S, I86T 830 0.08−0.026 H15Q, S39I, I86T 1027 0.1 0.309 H15Q, R76G, I85F 1894 0.19 −0.006E44D, V89D, W91R 614 0.06 −0.048 I13V, S67L, V89D 26200 2.66 1.42 H15Q,S67L, I86T 15952 1.62 0.988 I13V, H15Q, S67L, I86T 21570 2.19 1.391I13V, H15Q, E44D, V89D 23958 2.43 1.399 I13V, S39I, E44D, Q82R, V89D71423 7.26 0.697 I13V, E44D, Q82R, V89D 45191 4.59 1.283 I13V, Q72H,R76G, I86T 10429 1.06 0.733 I13V, H15Q, R76G, I85F 4736 0.48 -0.04 H15Q,S39I, R76G, V89D Little or no protein produced H15Q, S67L, R76G, I85F2869 0.29 0.025 H15Q, T47A, Q72H, R76G, I86T 32103 3.26 0.512 H15Q,T47A, Q72H, R76G 16500 1.68 0.327 I13V, H15Q, T47A, Q72H, R76G 734127.46 0.896 H15Q, E44D, R76G, I85F 2885 0.29 −0.013 H15Q, S39I, S67L,V89D 45502 4.62 1.174 H15Q, N32D, S67L, V89D 25880 2.63 1.407 N32D,S67L, V89D 31753 3.23 1.155 H15Q, S67L, Q72H, R76G, V89D 40180 4.081.464 H15Q, Q72H, Q74R, R76G, I86T 4049 0.41 0.093 G28V, Q72H, R76G,I86T 5563 0.57 0.003 I13V, H15Q, S39I, E44D, S67L 63508 6.45 0.889 E44D,S67L, Q72H, Q82R, V89D 51467 5.23 1.061 H15Q, V89D 17672 1.8 0.31 H15Q,T47A 26578 2.7 0.016 I13V, H15Q, Q82R 76146 7.74 0.655 I13V, H15Q, V89D28745 2.92 1.331 I13V, S67L, Q82R, V89D 58992 5.99 1.391 I13V, H15Q,Q82R, V89D 49523 5.03 1.419 H15Q, V31M, S67L, Q82R, V89D 67401 6.85 1.37I13V, H15Q, T47A, Q82R 89126 9.05 0.652 I13V, H15Q, V31A, N45S, Q82R,V89D 68016 6.91 1.327 H15Q, T47A, H69L, Q82R, V89D 65598 6.66 1.44 I13V,H15Q, T47A, H69L, R76G, V89D 54340 5.52 1.719 I12V, I13V, H15Q, T47A,Q82R, V89D 61207 6.22 1.453 I13V, H15Q, R76G, D77N, Q82R, V89D 330793.36 0.065 I13V, H15Q, T47A, R76G, V89D 53668 5.45 1.596 I13V, H15Q,T47A, Q82R, V89D 63320 6.43 1.418 I13V, H15Q, T47A, Q82R, V89D 60980 6.21.448 I13V, H15Q, I36V, T47A, S67L, V89D 52835 5.37 1.627 H15Q, T47A,K65R, S67L, Q82R, V89D 79692 8.1 1.453 H15Q, L33P, T47A, S67L, P71 S,V89D 45726 4.65 1.467 I13V, H15Q, Q72H, R76G, I86T 24450 2.48 1.355H15Q, T47A, S67L, Q82R, V89D 67962 6.9 1.479 F2L, H15Q, D46E, T47A,Q72H, R76G, Q82R, V89D 23039 2.34 1.045 I13V, H15Q, L33F, T47A, Q82R,V89D 62254 6.32 1.379 H15Q, N24S, T47A, Q72H, R76G, V89D 32077 3.26 0.4I13V, H15Q, E44V, T47A, Q82R, V89D 61005 6.2 1.329 H15Q, N18D, T47A,Q72H, V73A, R76G, I86T, V89D 48317 4.91 0.475 I13V, H15Q, T37A, E44D,S48C, S67L, Q82R, V89D 47605 4.84 1.255 H15Q, L33H, S67L, R76G, Q82R,V89D 62326 6.33 1.507 I13V, H15Q, T47A, Q72H, R76G, I86T 49016 4.981.477 H15Q, S39I, E44D, Q72H, V75G, R76G, Q82R, V89D 43713 4.44 0.646H15Q, T47A, S67L, R76G, Q82R, V89D 71897 7.3 1.539 I13V, H15Q, T47A,S67L, Q72H, R76G, Q82R, V89D 71755 7.29 1.536 Wild Type PD-L2 IgV 9843 1−0.024 Full length ECD of PD-L2 2145 0.22 0.071 Full length ECD of PD-L1(R&D Systems) 23769 2.41 1.263 Anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody (nivolumab)87002 8.84 0.899

TABLE E13B Bioactivity Data of PD-L2 variants selected against PD-1 inMLR. IFN gamma Fold increase over PD-L2 mutation(s) levels pg/mLwildtype PD-L2 IgV-Fc H15Q 1817.1 1.32 N24D 1976.3 1.44 E44D 1499.4 1.09V89D 1168.1 0.85 Q82R, V89D 1617 1.17 E59G, Q82R 1511.3 1.1 S39I, V89D1314.5 0.95 S67L, V89D 1230.1 0.89 S67L, I85F 1281.9 0.93 S67L, I86T1020.4 0.74 H15Q, K65R 1510.8 1.1 H15Q, Q72H, V89D 1272.2 0.92 H15Q,S67L, R76G 1426.2 1.04 H15Q, R76G, I85F 1725.7 1.25 H15Q, T47A, Q82R1317.9 0.96 H15Q, Q82R, V89D 1081.2 0.79 H15Q, C23S, I86T 1847.2 1.34H15Q, S39I, I86T 1415.2 1.03 H15Q, R76G, I85F 1437.8 1.04 E44D, V89D,W91R 1560.1 1.13 I13V, S67L, V89D 867.5 0.63 H15Q, S67L, I86T 1034.20.75 I13V, H15Q, S67L, I86T 1014.4 0.74 I13V, H15Q, E44D, V89D 1384.21.01 I13V, S39I, E44D, Q82R, V89D 935.6 0.68 I13V, E44D, Q82R, V89D1009.5 0.73 I13V, Q72H, R76G, I86T 1953 1.42 I13V, H15Q, R76G, I85F1528.5 1.11 H15Q, S67L, R76G, I85F 1318.7 0.96 H15Q, T47A, Q72H, R76G,I86T 1599.6 1.16 H15Q, T47A, Q72H, R76G 1462.5 1.06 I13V, H15Q, T47A,Q72H, R76G 1469.8 1.07 H15Q, E44D, R76G, I85F 1391.6 1.01 H15Q, S39I,S67L, V89D 1227 0.89 H15Q, N32D, S67L, V89D 1285.7 0.93 N32D, S67L, V89D1194 0.87 H15Q, S67L, Q72H, R76G, V89D 1061.2 0.77 H15Q, Q72H, Q74R,R76G, I86T 933.8 0.68 G28V, Q72H, R76G, I86T 1781.6 1.29 I13V, H15Q,S39I, E44D, S67L 1256.9 0.91 E44D, S67L, Q72H, Q82R, V89D 1281.4 0.93H15Q, V89D 1495.4 1.09 H15Q, T47A 1637.2 1.19 I13V, H15Q, Q82R 1432.91.04 I13V, H15Q, V89D 1123 0.82 I13V, S67L, Q82R, V89D 1372.8 1 I13V,H15Q, Q82R, V89D 1596.6 1.16 H15Q, V31M, S67L, Q82R, V89D 1206.5 0.88I13V, H15Q, T47A, Q82R 1703.3 1.24 I13V, H15Q, V31A, N45S, Q82R, V89D1723.1 1.25 H15Q, T47A, H69L, Q82R, V89D 1732.5 1.26 I13V, H15Q, T47A,H69L, R76G, V89D 1075.5 0.78 I12V, I13V, H15Q, T47A, Q82R, V89D 1533.21.11 I13V, H15Q, R76G, D77N, Q82R, V89D 1187.9 0.86 I13V, H15Q, T47A,R76G, V89D 1253.7 0.91 I13V, H15Q, T47A, Q82R, V89D 1445.5 1.05 I13V,H15Q, T47A, Q82R, V89D 1737 1.26 I13V, H15Q, I36V, T47A, S67L, V89D1357.4 0.99 H15Q, T47A, K65R, S67L, Q82R, V89D 1335.3 0.97 H15Q, L33P,T47A, S67L, P71 S, V89D 1289.1 0.94 I13V, H15Q, Q72H, R76G, I86T 12210.89 H15Q, T47A, S67L, Q82R, V89D 1197.1 0.87 F2L, H15Q, D46E, T47A,Q72H, R76G, Q82R, V89D 1170.7 0.85 I13V, H15Q, L33F, T47A, Q82R, V89D1468.4 1.07 I13V, H15Q, T47A, E58G, S67L, Q82R, V89D 836.1 0.61 H15Q,N24S, T47A, Q72H, R76G, V89D 1091.8 0.79 I13V, H15Q, E44V, T47A, Q82R,V89D 1270.5 0.92 H15Q, N18D, T47A, Q72H, V73A, R76G, I86T, V89D 1065.80.77 I13V, H15Q, T37A, E44D, S48C, S67L, Q82R, V89D 1751.7 1.27 H15Q,L33H, S67L, R76G, Q82R, V89D 1502 1.09 I13V, H15Q, T47A, Q72H, R76G,I86T 1088.1 0.79 H15Q, S39I, E44D, Q72H, V75G, R76G, Q82R, V89D 940.90.68 H15Q, T47A, S67L, R76G, Q82R, V89D 1097.8 0.8 I13V, H15Q, T47A,S67L, Q72H, R76G, Q82R, V89D 1559.6 1.13 Wild Type PD-L2 IgV 1376.8 1Full length ECD of PD-L2 1173.2 0.85 Full length ECD of PD-L1 2190.91.59 Nivolumab (anti-PD-1) 418.9 0.3

5. CD80 Binding and Bioactivity Data

Binding studies were carried out on cells that express the full-lengthmammalian surface ligands to assess binding of purified CD80 proteins tocell-expressed CTLA4, PD-L1, and CD28 counter structures. In some cases,second and third generations (Gen) of random mutagenesis and selectionwere run using procedures substantially described in Examples 8-10.Briefly, yeast plasmid DNA was isolated from outgrown yeast post FACSselection and used as template for mutagenic PCR. To maximize diversity,both characterized individual variants and a pool of FACS selectedvariants were used as template. The resulting library was subjected toiterative rounds of FACS selection and outgrowth. To increase PDL1affinity while maintaining CD28 affinity, multiple FASC sort progressionpaths were taken. The second-generation mutagenic library underwent fourFACS selections alternating between CD28- and CTLA4+ selectionsgenerating outputs that, when titrated against counter structures, werechosen to be reformatted into Fc vectors. The third-generation mutageniclibrary used the following FACS selection paths to yield yeast outputsthat, when titrated against counter structures, were chosen to bereformatted into Fc vectors: 1. 50 nM PDL1+, 2a. 1 nM CTLA4+, 2b. 20 nMCTLA4−, 2a3. 10 nM PDL1+, 2b3. 10 nM PDL1+, 2b34. 25 nM CD28+. Followingselection of yeast expressing affinity modified variants of CD80, theselected variants were reformatted as Fc fusion for the generation ofadditional Fc-fusion proteins containing IgV CD80 variants. Aftersequence analysis, individual variants were chosen for proteinproduction, binding and functional assay.

For assessment of binding of selected immunomodulatory fusion proteinsto cognate binding partners, cells expressing the CD80 cognate bindingpartners CTLA4 and PD-L1, full-length mammalian surface expressionconstructs were generated, incorporated into lentivirus and transducedinto CHO cells. Cells were sorted in a Bio-Rad S3 Cell Sorter (Bio-RadCorp., USA) to >98% purity. Jurkat/IL2 reporter cells, whichendogenously express CD28, were used to detect binding to CD28. Stainingand analysis by flow cytometry was performed essentially as described insection A.

TABLE E14A Variant CD80 Binding to HEK293 Cells Transfected with CTLA4,CD28 or PD-L1 CTLA4 CD28 PD-L1 Ratio of MFI at Fold change MFI at Foldchange MFI at Fold change CTLA4: CD80 mutation(s) 66.6 nM to WT 66.6 nMto WT 22.2 nM to WT CD28 L70P Not tested I30F/L70P Not testedQ27H/T41S/A71D 368176 2.3 25051 1.01 24181 N/A 14.7 I30T/L70R 2234 0.02596 0.10 5163 N/A 0.9 T13R/C16R/L70Q/A71D 197357 1.2 16082 0.65 9516N/A 12.3 T57I 393810 2.4 23569 0.95 3375 N/A 16.7 M43I/C82R 3638 0.03078 0.12 7405 N/A 1.2 V22L/M38V/M47T/A71D/ 175235 1.1 3027 0.12 6144N/A 57.9 L85M I30V/T57I/L70P/A71D/ 116085 0.7 10129 0.41 5886 N/A 11.5A91T V221/L70M/A71D 163825 1.0 22843 0.92 33404 N/A 7.2 N55D/L70P/E77GNot tested T57A/I69T Not tested N55D/K86M 3539 0.0 3119 0.13 5091 N/A1.1 L72P/T79I 50176 0.3 3397 0.14 6023 N/A 14.8 L70P/F92S 4035 0.0 29480.12 6173 N/A 1.4 T79P 2005 0.0 2665 0.11 4412 N/A 0.8E35D/M47I/L65P/D90N 4411 0.0 2526 0.10 4034 N/A 1.7 L25S/E35D/M47I/D90N61265 0.4 4845 0.20 20902 N/A 12.6 A71D 220090 1.4 16785 0.68 29642 N/A13.1 E81K/A91S 98467 0.6 3309 0.13 44557 N/A 29.8 A12V/M47V/L70M 816160.5 7400 0.30 31077 N/A 11.0 K34E/T41A/L72V 88982 0.6 3755 0.15 35293N/A 23.7 T41S/A71D/V84A 103010 0.6 5573 0.22 83541 N/A 18.5 E35D/A71D106069 0.7 18206 0.73 40151 N/A 5.8 E35D/M47I 353590 2.2 14350 0.58149916 N/A 24.6 K36R/G78A 11937 0.1 2611 0.11 5715 N/A 4.6 Q33E/T41A8292 0.1 2442 0.10 3958 N/A 3.4 M47V/N48H 207012 1.3 14623 0.59 145529N/A 14.2 M47L/V68A 74238 0.5 13259 0.53 11223 N/A 5.6 S44P/A71D 8839 0.12744 0.11 6309 N/A 3.2 Q27H/M43I/A71D/R73S 136251 0.8 12391 0.50 8242N/A 11.0 E35D/T57I/L70Q/A71D 121901 0.8 21284 0.86 2419 N/A 5.7M47I/E88D 105192 0.7 7337 0.30 97695 N/A 14.3 M421/161V/A71D 54478 0.36074 0.24 4226 N/A 9.0 P51A/A71D 67256 0.4 4262 0.17 5532 N/A 15.8H18Y/M47I/T57I/A71G 136455 0.8 20081 0.81 13749 N/A 6.8V201/M47V/T571/V841 183516 1.1 26922 1.08 3583 N/A 6.8 WT CD80 ECD-Fc161423 1.0 24836 1.00 Not tested N/A 6.5 Fc only 5962 2592 4740

TABLE E14B Variant CD80 Binding to HEK293 Cells Transfected with CTLA4,CD28 or PD-L1 CTLA4 CD28 PD-L1 Ratio of MFI at Fold change MFI at Foldchange MFI at Fold change CTLA4: CD80 mutation(s) 66.6 nM to WT 66.6 nMto WT 22.2 nM to WT CD28 V201/M47V/A71D 149937 7.23 15090 9.33 9710 5.489.9 A71D/L72V/E95K 140306 6.77 6314 3.90 8417 4.75 22.2V22L/E35G/A71D/L72P 152588 7.36 8150 5.04 1403 0.79 18.7 E35D/A71D150330 7.25 14982 9.26 13781 7.77 10.0 E35D/I67L/A71D 146087 7.04 111756.91 9354 5.28 13.1 T13R/M42V/M47I/A71D 108900 5.25 16713 10.33 18691.05 6.5 E35D 116494 5.62 3453 2.13 25492 14.38 33.7 E35D/M47I/L70M116531 5.62 14395 8.90 49131 27.71 8.1 E35D/A71/L72V 134252 6.47 116347.19 13125 7.40 11.5 E35D/M43L/L70M 102499 4.94 3112 1.92 40632 22.9232.9 A26P/E35D/M43I/L85Q/ 83139 4.01 5406 3.34 9506 5.36 15.4 E88DE35D/D46V/L85Q 85989 4.15 7510 4.64 38133 21.51 11.4Q27L/E35D/M47I/T57I/ 59793 2.88 14011 8.66 1050 0.59 4.3 L70Q/E88DQ27H/E35G/A71D/L72P/ 85117 4.10 10317 6.38 1452 0.82 8.3 T79IM47V/I69F/A71D/V83I 76944 3.71 15906 9.83 3399 1.92 4.8E35D/T57A/A71D/L85Q 85724 4.13 3383 2.09 1764 0.99 25.3H18Y/A26T/E35D/A71D/ 70878 3.42 6487 4.01 8026 4.53 10.9 L85Q E35D/M47L82410 3.97 11508 7.11 58645 33.08 7.2 E23D/M42V/M43I/I58V/ 37331 1.8010910 6.74 2251 1.27 3.4 L70R V68M/L70M/A71D/E95K 56479 2.72 10541 6.5138182 21.53 5.4 N55I/T57I/I69F 2855 0.14 1901 1.17 14759 8.32 1.5E35D/M43I/A71D 63789 3.08 6369 3.94 27290 15.39 10.0 T41S/T57I/L70R59844 2.89 4902 3.03 19527 11.01 12.2 H18Y/A71D/L72P/E88V 68391 3.308862 5.48 1085 0.61 7.7 V20I/A71D 60323 2.91 10500 6.49 3551 2.00 5.7E23G/A26S/E35D/T62N/ 59025 2.85 5484 3.39 10662 6.01 10.8 A71D/L72V/L85MA12T/E24D/E35D/D46V/ 63738 3.07 7411 4.58 1221 0.69 8.6 I61V/L72P/E95VV22L/E35D/M43L/A71G/ 2970 0.14 1498 0.93 1851 1.04 2.0 D76HE35G/K54E/A71D/L72P 71899 3.47 3697 2.29 1575 0.89 19.4 L70Q/A71D 450122.17 18615 11.50 1692 0.95 2.4 A26E/E35D/M47L/L85Q 40325 1.94 2266 1.4055548 31.33 17.8 D46E/A71D 69674 3.36 16770 10.36 22777 12.85 4.2Y31H/E35D/T41S/V68L/ 3379 0.16 2446 1.51 18863 10.64 1.4 K93R/R94W WTCD80 IgV-Fc (inert) 20739 1.00 1618 1.00 1773 1.00 12.8 WT CD80 ECD-Fc(inert) 72506 3.50 3072 1.90 4418 2.49 23.6

TABLE E14C Variant CD80 Flow Binding to Jurkat Cells (CD28) and CHOcells stably expressing CTLA4 or PD-L1 CTLA4 CD28 PD-L1 Ratio of MFI atFold change MFI at Fold change MFI at Fold change PD-L1: CD80mutation(s) 33.3 nM to WT CD80 33.3 nM to WT 33.3 nM to WT CD28A26E/Q33R/E35D/M47L/ 1275 0.01 275 0.04 75974 9.56 276 L85Q/K86EA26E/Q33R/E35D/M47L/ 1280 0.01 264 0.03 81533 10.26 309 L85QE35D/M47L/L85Q 336179 1.88 646 0.08 33200 4.18 51 A26E/Q33L/E35D/M47L/1172 0.01 274 0.04 62680 7.89 229 L85Q A26E/Q33L/E35D/M47L 1316 0.01 2710.04 60903 7.67 225 H18Y/A26E/Q33L/E35D/ 2088 0.01 272 0.04 76591 9.64282 M47L/L85Q Q33L/E35D/M47I 15919 0.09 282 0.04 37353 4.70 132H18Y/Q33L/E35D/M47I 5539 0.03 295 0.04 47793 6.02 162Q33L/E35D/D46E/M47I 23328 0.13 281 0.04 42137 5.30 150Q33R/E35D/D46E/M47I 3562 0.02 303 0.04 53345 6.72 176 H18Y/E35D/M47L284445 1.59 5068 0.66 44161 5.56 9 Q33L/E35D/M47V 47648 0.27 281 0.0447911 6.03 170 Q33L/E35D/M47V/T79A 28899 0.16 285 0.04 62078 7.82 218Q33L/E35D/T41S/M47V 14515 0.08 287 0.04 43850 5.52 153Q33L/E35D/M47I/L85Q 20548 0.11 287 0.04 63930 8.05 222Q33L/E35D/M47I/T62N/ 1658 0.01 284 0.04 72578 9.14 256 L85QQ33L/E35D/M47V/L85Q 75368 0.42 268 0.04 47438 5.97 177A26E/E35D/M43T/M47L/ 278021 1.56 260 0.03 68089 8.57 262 L85Q/R94QQ33R/E35D/K37E/M47V/ 22701 0.13 258 0.03 44438 5.59 172 L85QV22A/E23D/Q33L/E35D/ 3636 0.02 274 0.04 75513 9.51 275 M47VE24D/Q33L/E35D/M47V/ 310964 1.74 3180 0.42 67066 8.44 21 K54R/L85QS15P/Q33L/E35D/M47L/ 22377 0.13 266 0.03 51558 6.49 194 L85QE7D/E35D/M47I/L97Q 270798 1.52 273 0.04 14643 1.84 54Q33L/E35D/T41S/M43I 6388 0.04 433 0.06 44935 5.66 104E35D/M47I/K54R/L85E 8665 0.05 285 0.04 36917 4.65 130Q33K/E35D/D46V/L85Q 8507 0.05 257 0.03 26676 3.36 104Y31S/E35D/M47L/T79L/ 1095 0.01 278 0.04 38909 4.90 140 E88GH18L/V22A/E35D/M47L/ 373548 2.09 434 0.06 98110 12.35 226 N48T/L85QQ27H/E35D/M47L/L85Q/ 288596 1.61 282 0.04 36055 4.54 128 R94Q/E95KQ33K/E35D/M47V/K89E/ 1752 0.01 276 0.04 39061 4.92 142 K93RE35D/M47I/E77A/L85Q/ 247334 1.38 272 0.04 64521 8.12 238 R94WA26E/E35D/M43I/M47L/ 2947 0.02 314 0.04 49440 6.22 157 L85Q/K86E/R94WQ27H/Q33L/E35D/M47V/ 56061 0.31 269 0.04 14802 1.86 55 N55D/L85Q/K89NH18Y/V20A/Q33L/E35D/ 2878 0.02 260 0.03 120517 15.17 463 M47V/Y53FV22A/E35D/V68E/A71D 437038 2.45 13987 1.83 1350 0.17 0Q33L/E35D/M47L/A71G/ 2107 0.01 366 0.05 28041 3.53 77 F92SV22A/R29H/E35D/D46E/ 77423 0.43 323 0.04 25407 3.20 79 M47IQ33L/E35D/M43I/L85Q/ 1083 0.01 272 0.04 29001 3.65 107 R94WH18Y/E35D/V68M/L97Q 172538 0.97 299 0.04 121591 15.31 407Q33L/E35D/M47L/V68M/ 3526 0.02 264 0.03 125741 15.83 476 L85Q/E88DQ33L/E35D/M43V/M47I/ 13964 0.08 284 0.04 78029 9.82 275 A71GE35D/M47L/A71G/L97Q 225591 1.26 300 0.04 65944 8.30 220E35D/M47V/A71G/L85M/ 239089 1.34 339 0.04 61708 7.77 182 L97QH18Y/Y31H/E35D/M47V/ 3835 0.02 268 0.04 76364 9.61 285 A71G/L85QE35D/D46E/M47V/L97Q 305331 1.71 371 0.05 19484 2.45 52E35D/D46V/M47I/A71G/ 287194 1.61 7543 0.99 45755 5.76 6 F92VE35D/M47V/T62A/A71G/ 18113 0.10 305 0.04 77547 9.76 255 V83A/Y87H/L97MQ33L/E35D/N48K/L85Q/ 1183 0.01 279 0.04 45185 5.69 162 L97Q WT CD80ECD-Fc (R&D) 178708 1.00 7627 1.00 7943 1.00 1

TABLE E14D Variant CD80 Flow Binding to Jurkat Cells (CD28) and CHOcells stably expressing CTLA4 or PD-L1 CTLA4 CD28 PD-L1 Ratio of MFI atFold change MFI at Fold change MFI at Fold change PD-L1: CD80mutation(s) 33.3 nM to WT CD80 33.3 nM to WT CD80 33.3 nM to WT CD80CD28 E35D/L85Q/K93T/E95V/ 246401 1.57 400 0.02 19880 1.67 50 L97QE35D/M47V/N48K/V68M/ 807 0.01 11736 0.65 89775 7.56 8 K89NQ33L/E35D/M47I/N48D/ 116798 0.74 644 0.04 31151 2.62 48 A71GR29H/E35D/M43V/M47I/ 4694 0.03 336 0.02 1590 0.13 5 I49VQ27H/E35D/M47I/L85Q/ 257734 1.64 3513 0.19 30667 2.58 9 D90GE35D/M47I/L85Q/D90G 247703 1.57 4095 0.23 35710 3.01 9E35D/M47I/T62S/L85Q 300845 1.91 1758 0.10 44975 3.79 26A26E/E35D/M47L/A71G 341248 2.17 2161 0.12 53352 4.49 25E35D/M47I/Y87Q/K89E 110177 0.70 15452 0.86 29803 2.51 2V22A/E35D/M47I/Y87N 245711 1.56 15299 0.85 35251 2.97 2HI8Y/A26E/E35D/M47L/ 230588 1.47 3540 0.20 52390 4.41 15 L85Q/D90GE35D/M47L/A71G/L85Q 156254 0.99 1436 0.08 50474 4.25 35E35D/M47V/A71G/E88D 211831 1.35 6237 0.35 37146 3.13 6 E35D/A71G 1842041.17 4299 0.24 34149 2.88 8 E35D/M47V/A71G 226532 1.44 6360 0.35 362163.05 6 I30V/E35D/M47V/A71G/ 204756 1.30 5779 0.32 43877 3.70 8 A91VV22D/E35D/M47L/L85Q 256426 1.63 542 0.03 34908 2.94 64 H18Y/E35D/N48K260795 1.66 4189 0.23 45849 3.86 11 E35D/T41S/M47V/A71G/ 251238 1.605314 0.29 45436 3.83 9 K89N E35D/M47V/N48T/L85Q 281417 1.79 692 0.0435491 2.99 51 E35D/D46E/M47V/A71D/ 274661 1.75 6169 0.34 32371 2.73 5D90G E35D/D46E/M47V/A71D 174016 1.11 5949 0.33 549 0.05 0E35D/T41S/M43I/A71G/ 208017 1.32 9249 0.51 56172 4.73 6 D90GE35D/T41S/M43I/M47V/ 243502 1.55 2845 0.16 44419 3.74 16 A71GE35D/T41S/M43I/M47L/ 209034 1.33 3104 0.17 59613 5.02 19 A71GH18Y/V22A/E35D/M47V/ 219782 1.40 4214 0.23 87702 7.39 21 T62S/A71GH18Y/A26E/E35D/M47L/ 253787 1.61 14934 0.83 170935 14.40 11V68M/A71G/D90G E35D/K37E/M47V/N48D/ 243506 1.55 1589 0.09 26542 2.24 17L85Q/D90N Q27H/E35D/D46V/M47L/ 157358 1.00 10412 0.58 60139 5.07 6 A71GV22L/Q27H/E35D/M47I/ 151600 0.96 7269 0.40 43797 3.69 6 A71GE35D/D46V/M47L/V68M/ 224734 1.43 5027 0.28 137368 11.57 27 L85Q/E88DE35D/T41S/M43V/M47I/ 249456 1.59 2698 0.15 12978 1.09 5 L70M/A71GE35D/D46E/M47V/N63D/ 274320 1.74 1331 0.07 69780 5.88 52 L85QE35D/M47V/T62A/A71D/ 225737 1.44 12030 0.67 693 0.06 0 K93EE35D/D46E/M47V/V68M/ 273157 1.74 27080 1.50 71903 6.06 3 D90G/K93EE35D/M43I/M47V/K89N 278391 1.77 6752 0.37 19250 1.62 3E35D/M47L/A71G/L85M/ 215998 1.37 2459 0.14 46684 3.93 19 F92YE35D/M42V/M47V/E52D/ 225986 1.44 1291 0.07 11897 1.00 9 L85QV22D/E35D/M47L/L70M/ 127835 0.81 527 0.03 17670 1.49 34 L97QE35D/T41S/M47V/L97Q 262204 1.67 290 0.02 13591 1.14 47E35D/Y53H/A71G/D90G/ 182701 1.16 1547 0.09 57455 4.84 37 L97RE35D/A71D/L72V/R73H/ 186582 1.19 3365 0.19 503 0.04 0 E81KQ33L/E35D/M431/Y53F/ 3985 0.03 1024 0.06 72065 6.07 70 T62S/L85QE35D/M38T/D46E/M47V/ 175387 1.11 587 0.03 19393 1.63 33 N48SQ33R/E35D/M47V/N48K/ 2680 0.02 265 0.01 21425 1.80 81 L85M/F92LE35D/M38T/M43V/M47V/ 203938 1.30 285 0.02 21795 1.84 76 N48R/L85QT28Y/Q33H/E35D/D46V/ 156810 1.00 298 0.02 46038 3.88 154 M47I/A71G WTCD80 ECD-Fc (R&D) 157306 1.00 18035 1.00 11871 1.00 1

TABLE E14E Variant CD80 selected against CD28. Molecule sequences,binding data, and costimulatory bioactivity data. Coimmobili- MLR zationwith IFN- Binding anti-CD3 gamma CD28 CTLA-4 PD-L1 IFN-gamma levels MFIMFI MFI pg/ml pg/ml (parental (parental (parental (parental (parentalCD80 mutation(s) ratio) ratio) ratio) ratio) ratio) L70Q/A91G/N144D 125283 6 93 716 (1.31) (1.36) (0.08) (1.12) (0.83) L70Q/A91G/T130A 96 234 799 752 (1.01) (1.13) (0.10) (1.19) (0.87) L70Q/A91G/I118A/ 123 226 7 86741 T120S/T130A/K169E (1.29) (1.09) (0.10) (1.03) (0.86)V4M/L70Q/A91G/I118V/ 89 263 6 139 991 T120S/T130A/K169E (0.94) (1.26)(0.09) (1.67) (1.14) L70Q/A91G/I118V/T120S/T130A/K169E 106 263 6 104 741(1.12) (1.26) (0.09) (1.25) (0.86) V20L/L70Q/A91S/I118V/T120S/T130A 105200 9 195 710 (1.11) (0.96) (0.13) (2.34) (0.82) S44P/L70Q/A91G/T130A 88134 5 142 854 (0.92) (0.64) (0.07) (1.71) (0.99)L70Q/A91G/E117G/I118V/T120S/T130A 120 193 6 98 736 (1.27) (0.93) (0.08)(1.05) (0.85) A91G/T120S/I118V/T130A 84 231 44 276 714 (0.89) (1.11)(0.62) (3.33) (0.82) L70R/A91G/I118V/T120S/T130A/T199S 125 227 6 105 702(1.32) (1.09) (0.09) (1.26) (0.81) L70Q/E81A/A91G/I118V/T120S/1127T/ 140185 18 98 772 T130A (1.48) (0.89) (0.25) (1.18) (0.89)L70Q/Y87N/A91G/T130A 108 181 6 136 769 (1.13) (0.87) (0.08) (1.63)(0.89) T28S/L70Q/A91G/ 32 65 6 120 834E95K/I118V/T120S/I126V/T130A/K169E (0.34) (0.31) (0.08) (1.44) (0.96)N63S/L70Q/A91G/ 124 165 6 116 705 S114T/I118V/T120S/T130A (1.30) (0.79)(0.08) (1.39) (0.81) K36E/I67T/L70Q/A91G/I118V/T120S/ 8 21 5 53 852T130A/N152T (0.09) (0.10) (0.08) (0.63) (0.98)E52G/L70Q/A91G/D107N/I118V/ 113 245 6 94 874 T120S/T130A/K169E (1.19)(1.18) (0.08) (1.13) (1.01) K37E/F59S/L70Q/A91G/T120S/T130A 20 74 6 109863 (0.21) (0.36) (0.08) (1.31) (1.00) A91G/S103P 39 56 9 124 670 (0.41)(0.27) (0.13) (1.49) (0.77) K89E/T130A 90 148 75 204 761 (0.95) (0.71)(1.07) (2.45) (0.88) A91G 96 200 85 220 877 (1.01) (0.96) (1.21) (2.65)(1.01) D60V/A91G/I118V/T120S/T130A/K169E 111 222 12 120 744 (1.17)(1.07) (0.18) (1.44) (0.86) K54M/L70Q/A91G/Y164H 68 131 5 152 685 (0.71)(0.63) (0.08) (1.83) (0.79) M38T/L70Q/E77G/A91G/I118V/T120S/ 61 102 5119 796 T130A/N152T (0.64) (0.49) (0.07) (1.43) (0.92)R29H/E52G/L70R/E88G/A91G/T130A 100 119 5 200 740 (1.05) (0.57) (0.08)(2.41) (0.85) Y31H/T41G/M43L/L70Q/A91G/ 85 85 6 288 782I118V/T120S//I126V/T130A (0.89) (0.41) (0.08) (3.47) (0.90) V68A/T110A103 233 48 163 861 (1.08) (1.12) (0.68) (1.96) (0.99)L65H/D90G/T110A/F116L 33 121 11 129 758 (0.35) (0.58) (0.15) (1.55)(0.88) R29H/E52G/D90N/I118V/T120S/T130A 66 141 11 124 800 (0.69) (0.68)(0.15) (1.49) (0.92) A91G/L102S 6 6 5 75 698 (0.06) (0.03) (0.08) (0.90)(0.81) I67T/L70Q/A91G/I118V/T120S 98 160 5 1751 794 (1.03) (0.77) (0.08)(21.1) (0.92) L70Q/A91G/T110A/I118V/T120S/T130A 8 14 5 77 656 (0.09)(0.07) (0.07) (0.93) (0.76) M38V/T41D/M43I/W50G/D76G/V83A/ 5 8 8 82 671K89E/I118V/T 120S/1126V/T130A (0.06) (0.04) (0.11) (0.99) (0.78)V22A/L70Q/S121P 5 7 5 105 976 (0.06) (0.04) (0.07) (1.27) (1.13)A12V/S15F/Y31H/M38L/ 6 6 5 104 711 T41G/M43L/D90N/T130A/P137L/N149D/(0.06) (0.03) (0.08) (1.25) (0.82) N152T I67F/L70R/E88G/A91G/ 5 6 6 621003 I118V/T120S/T130A (0.05) (0.03) (0.08) (0.74) (1.16)E24G/L25P/L70Q/A91G/I118V/T120S/N152T 26 38 8 101 969 (0.27) (0.18)(0.11) (1.21) (1.12) A91G/F92L/F108L/I118V/T120S 50 128 16 59 665 (0.53)(0.61) (0.11) (0.71) (0.77) WT CD80 95 208 70 83 866 (1.00) (1.00)(1.00) (1.00) (1.00)

TABLE E14F Variant CD80 selected against PD-L1. Molecule sequences,binding data, and costimulatory bioactivity data. Coimmobili- zationwith Binding anti-CD3 MLR CTLA-4 PD-L1 IFN-gamma IFN-gamma CD28 MFI MFIMFI pg/ml levels pg/ml (parental (parental (parental (parental (parentalCD80 mutation(s) ratio) ratio) ratio) ratio) ratio) R29D/Y31L/Q33H/ 10711089 37245 387 5028 K36G/M38I/T41A/ (0.08) (0.02) (2.09) (0.76) (0.26)M43R/M47T/E81V/ L85R/K89N/A91T/ F92P/K93V/R94L/ I118T/N149SR29D/Y31L/Q33H/ 1065 956 30713 400 7943 K36G/M38I/T41A/ (0.08) (0.02)(1.72) (0.79) (0.41) M43R/M47T/E81V/ L85R/K89N/A91T/ F92P/K93V/R94L/N144S/N149S R29D/Y31L/Q33H/ 926 954 47072 464 17387 K36G/M38I/T41A/(0.07) (0.02) (2.64) (0.91) (0.91) M42T/M43R/M47T/ E81V/L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/ R94L/L148S/N149S E24G/R29D/Y31L/ 1074 1022 1121 40613146 Q33H/K36G/M38I/ (0.08) (0.02) (0.06) (0.80) (0.69) T41A/M43R/M47T/F59L/E81V/L85R/ K89N/A91T/F92P/ K93V/R94L/H96R/ N149S/C182SR29D/Y31L/Q33H/ 1018 974 25434 405 24029 K36G/M38I/T41A/ (0.08) (0.02)(1.43) (0.80) (1.25) M43R/M47T/E81V/ L85R/K89N/A91T/F92P/K93V/R94L/N149S R29V/M43Q/E81R/ 1029 996 1575 342 11695L85I/K89R/D90L/ (0.08) (0.02) (0.09) (0.67) (0.61) A91E/F92N/K93Q/R94GT41I/A91G 17890 50624 12562 433 26052 (1.35) (1.01) (0.70) (0.85) (1.36)E88D/K89R/D90K/A91G/ 41687 49429 20140 773 6345 F92Y/K93R/N122S/ (3.15)(0.99) (1.13) (1.52) (0.33) N177S E88D/K89R/D90K/A91G/ 51663 72214 264051125 9356 F92Y/K93R (3.91) (1.44) (1.48) (2.21) (0.49) K36G/K37Q/M38I/1298 1271 3126 507 3095 L40M/F59L/E81V/L85R/ (0.10) (0.03) (0.18) (1.00)(0.16) K89N/A91T/F92P/ K93V/R94L/E99G/ T130A/N149S E88D/K89R/D90K/ 3153550868 29077 944 5922 A91G/F92Y/K93R (2.38) (1.02) (1.63) (1.85) (0.31)K36G/K37Q/M38I/L40M 1170 1405 959 427 811 (0.09) (0.03) (0.05) (0.84)(0.04) K36G/L40M 29766 58889 20143 699 30558 (2.25) (1.18) (1.13) (1.37)(1.59) WT CD80 13224 50101 17846 509 19211 (1.00) (1.00) (1.00) (1.00)(1.00)

6. ICOSL Binding and Bioactivity Data

Binding was assessed to cells expressed full-length cognate bindingpartners CD28, ICOS and CTLA-4 substantially as described above insection A. Bioactivity of the ECD ICOSL variants also was assessed in ananti-CD3 coimmobilization assay or human Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction (MLR)substantially as described above, except that for the coimmobilizationassay, costimulatory activity was determined by culture of human T cellswith a mixture of 10 nM plate-bound anti-CD3 and 40 nM ICOSL Fc variantproteins.

TABLE E15A ICOSL variants selected against CD28 or ICOS. Moleculesequences, binding data, and costimulatory bioactivity data.Coimmobilization MLR with anti-CD3 IFN-gamma Binding IFN-gamma levelspg/ml ICOS OD CD28 MFI pg/ml (parental ICOSL mutation(s) (parentalratio) (parental ratio) (parental ratio) ratio) N52S 1.33 162 1334    300 (1.55) (9.00) (1.93)  (0.44) N52H 1.30 368 1268     39 (1.51)(20.44) (1.83)  (0.06) N52D 1.59 130 1943     190 (1.85) (7.22) (2.80) (0.28) N52Y/N57Y/ 1.02 398 510*    18 F138L/L203P (1.19) (22.11) (1.47*)(0.03) N52H/N57Y/Q100P 1.57 447 2199     25 (1.83) (24.83) (3.18) (0.04) N52S/Y146C/Y152C 1.26 39 1647     152 (1.47) (2.17) (2.38) (0.22) N52H/C198R 1.16 363 744*    ND (1.35) (20.17) (2.15*) (ND)N52H/C140del/ ND 154 522*    ND T225A (ND) (8.56) (1.51*) (ND)N52H/C198R/T225A 1.41 344 778*    0 (1.64) (19.11) (2.25*) (0) N52H/K92R1.48 347 288*    89 (1.72) (19.28) (0.83*) (0.13) N52H/S99G 0.09 29184*    421 (0.10) (1.61) (0.53*) (0.61) N52Y 0.08 18 184*    568 (0.09)(1.00) (0.53*) (0.83) N57Y 1.40 101 580*    176 (1.63) (5.61) (1.68*)(0.26) N57Y/Q100P 0.62 285 301*    177 (0.72) (15.83) (0.87*) (0.26)N52S/S130G/Y152C 0.16 24 266*    1617 (0.19) (1.33) (0.77*) (2.35)N52S/Y152C 0.18 29 238*    363 (0.21) (1.61) (0.69*) (0.53) N52S/C198R1.80 82 1427     201 (2.09) (4.56) (2.06) (0.29) N52Y/N57Y/Y152C 0.08 56377*    439 (0.09) (3.11) (1.09*) (0.64) N52Y/N57Y/ ND 449 1192     NDH129P/C198R (ND) (24.94) (1.72)  (ND) N52H/L161P/C198R 0.18 343 643*   447 (0.21) (19.05) (1.86*) (0.65) N52S/T113E 1.51 54 451*    345 (1.76)(3.00) (1.30*) (0.50) S54A 1.62 48 386*    771 (1.88) (2.67) (1.12*)(1.12) N52D/S54P 1.50 38 476*    227 (1.74) (2.11) (1.38*) (0.33)N52K/L208P 1.91 291 1509     137 (2.22) (16.17) (2.18)  (0.20)N52S/Y152H 0.85 68 2158     221 (0.99) (3.78) (3.12)  (0.32) N52D/V151A0.90 19 341*    450 (1.05) (1.06) (0.99*) (0.66) N52H/I143T 1.83 3502216     112 (2.13) (19.44) (3.20)  (0.16) N52S/L80P 0.09 22 192*    340(0.10) (1.22) (0.55*) (0.49) F120S/Y152H/N201S 0.63 16 351*    712(0.73) (0.89) (1.01*) (1.04) N52S/R75Q/L203P 1.71 12 1996     136 (1.99)(0.67) (2.88)  (0.20) N52S/D158G 1.33 39 325*    277 (1.55) (2.17)(0.94*) (0.40) N52D/Q133H 1.53 104 365*    178 (1.78) (5.78) (1.05*)(0.26) WT ICOSL 0.86 18 692/346* 687 (1.00) (1.00) (1.00) (1.00)

TABLE E15B ICOSL variants: binding data and costimulatory bioactivitydata. Anti-CD3 IFN- gamma ICOS CD28 CTLA- Coimmo- MLR tfxn tfxn 4bilization IFN- MFI MFI tfxn Assay gamma (paren- (paren- MFI pg/ml pg/mltal tal (parental (parental (parental ICOSL mutation(s) ratio) ratio)ratio) ratio) ratio) N52H, F78L, Q100R, 9568 1966 1454 130 5927 C198R(0.12) (0.24) (0.12) (0.31) (1.84) N52H, N57Y, Q100R, 9418 136665 115352944 821 V110D, C198R, S212G (1.16) (16.55) (9.59) (2.21) (0.25) N52H,N57Y, 5558 7465 4689 122 1136 R75Q, Q100P, (0.07) (0.90) (0.39) (0.28)(0.35) V110D N52H, N57Y, 9148 134923 83241 1060 375 Q100R, C198R (1.13)(16.33) (6.92) (2.48) (0.12) N52H, N57Y, L74Q, 9448 128342 123510 1137889 V110D, S192G (1.17) (15.54) (10.26) (2.66) (0.28) N52H, Q100R 9478151977 133929 972 794 (1.17) (18.40) (11.13) (2.28) (0.25) N52H, S121G,C198R 9128 124732 182607 827 1257 (1.13) (15.10) (15.18) (1.94) (0.39)A20V, N52H, N57Y, 5828 76973 73640 447 2283 Q100R, S109G (0.72) (9.32)(6.12) (1.05) (0.71) N52H, N57Y, 9548 130676 81966 1125 643 Q100P, C198R(1.18) (15.82) (6.81) (2.64) (0.20) N52H, N57Y, R61S, 1018 9129 5790 1095094 Q100R, V110D, (0.13) (1.11) (0.48) (0.25) (1.58) L173S N52H, N57Y,Q100R, 9978 137372 70764 1316 473 V122A (1.23) (16.63) (5.88) (3.08)(0.15) N52H, N57Y, 1028 135821 73320 1561 486 Q100R, F172S (1.27)(16.44) (6.09) (3.66) (0.15) N52H, N57Y, Q100R 9858 140612 75106 1648778 (1.22) (17.02) (6.24) (3.86) (0.24) N52S, F120S, N227K 9438 6779682370 1157 1626 (1.17) (8.21) (6.85) (2.71) (0.50) N52S, N194D 979859431 74502 1671 1690 (1.21) (7.19) (6.19) (3.91) (0.52) N52S, V97A 31381733 1541 84 3858 (0.04) (0.21) (0.13) (0.20) (1.20) N52S, F120S 906867233 97880 1178 2814 (1.12) (8.14) (8.13) (2.76) (0.87) N52S, G72R 928851638 62339 1161 2947 (1.15) (6.25) (5.18) (2.72) (0.91) N52S, A71T,A117T, 8918 44044 56646 1076 4031 T190A, C198R (1.10) (5.33) (4.71)(2.52) (1.25) N52S, E220G 3878 2047 1796 122 1927 (0.05) (0.25) (0.15)(0.29) (0.60) Y47H, N52S, 3268 2562 2104 334 4390 V107A, F120S (0.04)(0.31) (0.17) (0.78) (1.36) WT ICOSL 8088 8260 12033 427 3226 (1.00)(1.00) (1.00) (1.00) (1.00) T43A, N52H, 2821 2180 2051 184 N57Y, L74Q,(0.02) (0.49) (0.12) (0.75) D89G, V110D, F172S N52H, N57Y, 174586 12238376202 985 1037 Q100R, V107I, (0.97) (27.24) (4.31) (4.01) (0.36) V110D,S132F, I154F, C198R, R221G E16V, N52H, 190765 129070 68488 4288 1225N57Y, Q100R, V110D, (1.05) (28.73) (3.87) (17.46) (0.43) H115R, Y152C,K156M, C198R Q37R, N52H, 148638 91104 13498 62 7643 N57Y, Q100R, (0.82)(20.28) (0.76) (0.25) (2.68) V110N, S142F, C198R, D217V, R221G N52H,N57Y, Q100R, 179194 123312 84136 762 1342 V110D, C198R (0.99) (27.45)(4.76) (3.10) (0.47) N52H, N57Y, Q100R, 5236 4160 3305 49 2039 V110D,V116A, (0.03) (0.93) (0.19) (0.20) (0.72) L161M, F172S, S192G, C198RF27S, N52H, 20154 8613 3903 83 7522 N57Y, V110N (0.11) (1.92) (0.22)(0.34) (2.64) F27S, N52H, 5236 4160 2957 40 — N57Y, V110N (0.03) (0.93)(0.17) (0.16) N52S, H94E, L96I, 198604 100361 102892 1253 5645 S109N,L166Q, (1.10) (22.34) (5.82) (5.10) (1.98) S18R, N52S, F93L, 154561 76254254 203 5239 I143V, R221G (0.85) (1.70) (0.24) (0.83) (1.84) A20T,N52D, 149661 9073 6901 287 4829 Y146C, Q164L (0.83) (2.02) (0.39) (1.17)(1.69) V11E, N30D, 180016 120230 62809 2218 7283 N52H, N57Y, (1.00)(26.76) (3.55) (9.03) (2.56) H94E, L96I, L98F, N194D, V210A, I218T N52S,H94E, 198717 88901 94231 590 618 L96I, V122M (1.10) (19.79) (5.33)(2.40) (0.22) N52H, N57Y, 87711 42035 31798 67 2500 H94E, L96I, (0.48)(9.36) (1.80) (0.27) (0.88) F120I, S126T, W153R, I218N M10V, S18R,180665 64929 48362 1193 13647 N30D, N52S, (1.00) (14.45) (2.73) (4.86)(4.79) S126R, T139S, L203F S25G, N30D, 178834 66127 46631 1246 2202N52S, F120S, (0.99) (14.72) (2.64) (5.07) (0.77) N227K N30D, N52S, 186301986 1940 54 2752 L67P, Q100K, (0.10) (0.44) (0.11) (0.22) (0.97) D217G,R221K, T225S WT ICOSL 180900 4493 17685 246 2850 (1.00) (1.00) (1.00)(1.00) (1.00) N52H, N57Y, Q100R, 2831 2881 2464 59 — V110D, A117T,T190S, (0.04) (0.57) (0.23) (0.08) C198R N52H, N57Y, Q100R, 58478 7403156850 712 1093 V110D, F172S, CW8R (0.79) (14.75) (5.33) (0.96) (0.23)S25G, F27C, 22514 21320 20450 353 5765 N52H, N57Y, Q100R, (0.30) (4.25)(1.92) (0.48) (1.21) V110D, E135K, L173S, CW8R N52H, N57Y, V110A, 8423681842 121519 4593 1137 CW8R, R221I (1.14) (16.31) (11.39) (6.18) (0.24)M10I, S13G, 6362 6001 4834 141 4326 N52H, N57Y, (0.09) (1.20) (0.45)(0.19) (0.91) D77G, V110A, H129P, I143V, F172S, V193M, CW8R N52H, N57Y,4355 4316 3430 110 6854 R61C, Y62F, (0.06) (0.86) (0.32) (0.15) (1.44)Q100R, V110N, F120S, CW8R N52H, N57Y, Q100R, 96736 77881 148012 8765 630L102R, V110D, (1.31) (15.52) (13.88) (11.79) (0.13) H115R, CW8R N52H,N57Y, Q100R, 67578 64953 95731 1672 1490 V110D, N144D, (0.91) (12.94)(8.98) (2.52) (0.31) F172S, CW8R N52S, H94E, 80690 78750 148160 35641497 L98F, Q100R, (1.09) (15.69) (13.89) (4.80) (0.32) N52S, E90A 10890831086 108866 4564 3927 (1.47) (6.19) (10.21) (6.14) (0.83) N30D, K42E,N52S 85726 4293 10755 5211 5656 (1.16) (0.86) (1.01) (7.01) (1.19) N52S,F120S, 90862 28443 105229 4803 4357 I143V, I224V (1.23) (5.67) (9.87)(6.46) (0.92) WT ICOSL 73964 5018 10665 743 4748 (1.00) (1.00) (1.00)(1.00) (1.00)

TABLE E15C Molecule sequences, binding data, and costimulatorybioactivity data of variant ICOSLECD-Fc molecules containing selectmutations Coimmo- bilization with anti-CD3 Binding IFN- ICOS CD28 CTLA-4gamma MFI MFI MFI pg/mL (parental (parental (parental (parental ICOSLMutations ratio) ratio) ratio) ratio) N52H, N57Y, Q100R, F172S, C198R118145 (1.33) 59651 (29.60) 178790 (41.12) 5059 (37.90) N52H, N57Y,Q100R, H115R, 125341 (1.41) 51604 (25.60) 211000 (48.53) 8218 (61.57)F172S, C198R N52Y, N57Y, Q100P, F172S 121280 (1.37) 63663 (31.59) 174224(40.07) 8123 (60.86) E16V, N52H, N57Y, Q100R, V110D, 107819 (1.22) 68883(34.18) 170080 (39.12) 8936 (66.95) H115R, Y152C, K156M, F172S, C198RN52S, H115R, F120S, I143V, 116235 (1.31) 25582 (12.69) 22483 (5.17) 125(0.93) C198R N52H, N57Y, Q100P, C198R 107164 (1.21) 56103 (27.84) 172319(39.63) 1258 (9.43) N52H, N57Y, Q100P, H115R, F172S, 120864 (1.36) 54586(27.08) 176637 (40.63) 5507 (41.26) C198R N52H, N57Y, Q100P, F172S,C198R 117954 (1.33) 59376 (29.46) 151265 (34.79) 3884 (29.10) N52H,N57Y, Q100P, H115R 126221 (1.42) 53321 (26.46) 178812 (41.13) 4154(31.13) N52H, N57Y, Q100P, H115R, 137004 (1.55) 55454 (27.51) 148417(34.14) 5069 (37.98) C198R N52H, Q100R, C198R 111428 (1.26) 58608(29.08) 116111 (26.71) 3729 (27.94) N52H, Q100R, H115R, F172S 105532(1.19) 58287 (28.92) 106295 (24.45) 5294 (39.67) N52H, Q100R, H115X,F172S, 106555 (1.20) 73397 (36.42) 171815 (39.52) 6961 (52.16) C198RN52H, Q100R, H115R, F172S, 114223 (1.29) 66686 (33.09) 157154 (36.15)7592 (56.88) C198R N52H, N57Y, Q100R, F172S, C198R 99350 (1.12) 61292(30.41) 182288 (41.93) 9167 (68.68) N52H, N57Y, Q100R, H115R, F172S,114057 (1.29) 52011 (25.81) 146471 (33.69) 6545 (49.04) C198R N52H,N57Y, Q100R, H115R, F172S 136143 (1.54) 66516 (33.00) 177376 (40.80)8527 (63.89) N52H, N57Y, Q100R, H115R, F172S, 132970 (1.50) 59633(29.59) 133247 (30.65) 5999 (44.95) C198R Q100R 62064 (8.31) 16740(8.31) 29654 (8.31) 35 (0.26) Q100R ΔAAA 1594 (8.20) 16535 (8.20) 33457(8.20) 87 (0.65) F138L L203P 53804 (0.75) 1510 (0.75) 2151 (0.75) 35(0.26) F138L L203P ΔAAA 53044 (0.93) 1882 (0.93) 1623 (0.93) 35 (0.26)N52Y F138L L203P 99761 (23.50) 47369 (23.50) 67300 (23.50) 1489 (11.16)N52Y F138L L203P ΔAAA 59576 (26.23) 52865 (26.23) 66553 (26.23) 997(7.47) N57Y Q100R C198R 58706 (28.65) 57739 (28.65) 99426 (28.65) 9962(74.64) N57Y Q100R C198R ΔAAA 98514 (28.63) 57694 (28.63) 131458 (28.63)6763 (50.67) N57Y F138L L203P 109472 (20.98) 42276 (20.98) 64477 (20.98)4979 (37.30) N57Y F138L L203P ΔAAA 97777 (22.29) 44924 (22.29) 64742(22.29) 6507 (48.75) N52H 91598 (28.91) 58264 (28.91) 103025 (28.91)3393 (25.42) N57Y 109031 (21.71) 43754 (21.71) 50683 (21.71) 4881(36.57) N57Y, Q100P 72480 (29.85) 60161 (29.85) 109522 (29.85) 2797(20.95) Q100R, F138L 65974 (2.23) 4485 (2.23) 8136 (2.23) 685 (5.13)L203P 61554 (0.76) 1533 (0.76) 2031 (0.76) 2434 (18.24) Wildtype ICOSLECD 88625 (1.00) 2015 (1.00) 4348 (1.00) 133 (1.00)

TABLE E15D Molecule sequences, binding data, and costimulatorybioactivity data of variant ICOSLECD-Fc molecules containing selectmutations Coimmo- bilization with anti- CD3 Binding IFN- ICOS CD28CTLA-4 gamma MFI MFI MFI pg/mL (parental (parental (parental (parentalICOSL Mutations ratio) ratio) ratio) ratio) N52H, N57Y, 165027 51666287581 5858 Q100R, H115R (1.97) (9.89) (60.27) (20.36) N52H, N57Y,184449 51394 182109 3449 Q100R, F172S (2.20) (9.84) (38.16) (11.99)N52H, N57Y, Q100R, 165120 46636 274026 2053 H115R, F172S, 1224V (1.97)(8.93) (57.43) (7.13) N52H, N57Y, Q100R, 164750 40046 259351 3722 H115R,F172S (1.97) (7.67) (54.35) (12.93) N52H, N57Y, Q100R, 186017 39073200505 3909 H115R, C198R (2.22) (7.48) (42.02) (13.58) N52H, N57Y,Q100R, 181118 38233 210709 1199 F172S, C198R (2.16) (7.32) (44.16)(4.17) N52H, N57Y, Q100R, 155392 28828 169736 3449 H115R, F172S, C198R(1.85) (5.52) (35.57) (11.99) N52H, N57Y, Q100R, 139977 31459 1790891620 H115R, I143V, (1.67) (6.02) (37.53) (5.63) F172S, C198R N52H, N57Y,Q100R, 146799 29636 200000 2712 L102R H115R, (1.75) (5.68) (41.91)(9.43) F172S, C198R N52H, N57Y, Q100R, 150863 31304 167783 15607 H115RF172S, N194D (1.80) (5.99) (35.16) (54.24) N52H, N57Y, H115R, 12690935803 152858 5374 F172S, C198R (1.51) (6.86) (32.03) (18.67) N52H, N57Y,Q100R, 131730 37595 139041 9306 H115R, C198R (1.57) (7.20) (29.14)(32.34) N52H, N57Y, H115R 162632 49847 266878 2918 (1.94) (9.55) (55.93)(10.14) N52H, Q100R, H115R, 132873 52058 186366 3086 I143T F172S (1.59)(9.97) (39.06) (10.72) N52H, N57Y, Q100P, 148160 46851 246636 4987H115R, F172S (1.77) (8.97) (51.69) (17.33) E16V, N52H, N57Y, 15403648674 212905 5095 Q100R, V110D, (1.84) (9.32) (44.62) (17.71) H115R,C198R N52S, E90A, H115R 142963 3597 3772 2241 (1.71) (0.69) (0.79)(7.79) N30D, K42E, N52S, 124095 8066 7751 417 H115R, C198R R221I (1.48)(1.54) (1.62) (1.45) N30D, K42E, N52S, 161734 2791 2919 841 H115R, C198R(1.93) (0.53) (0.61) (2.92) N30D, K42E, N52S, 117880 4395 4941 2904H115R, F172S, N194D (1.41) (0.84) (1.04) (10.09) N30D, K42E, N52S,114107 2935 2748 549 H115R, (1.36) (0.56) (0.58) (1.91) N52S, E90A,H115R, 120450 12768 23282 2890 (1.44) (2.45) (4.88) (10.04) N30D, K42E,115273 11964 22779 2241 N52S, H115R (1.38) (2.29) (4.77) (7.79) N52S,H115R, 95537 7614 21701 1458 F172S, C198R (1.14) (1.46) (4.55) (5.07)Wildtype 83813 5222 4772 288 (1.00) (1.00) (1.00) (1.00)

TABLE E15E Molecule sequences, binding data, and costimulatorybioactivity data of variant ICOSLECD-Fc molecules containingglycosylation mutations Coimmo- bilization Binding with anti-CD3 ICOSCD28 CTLA-4 IFN-gamma MFI MFI MFI pg/mL ICOSL (parental (parental(parental (parental Mutation(s) ratio) ratio) ratio) ratio) N84Q 34426(0.94) 1755 (1.16) 5757 (1.51) 100 (2.03) N119Q 30806 (0.84) 4102 (2.70)19836 (5.21) 81 (1.66) N168Q 27041 (0.74) 1410 (0.93) 18641 (4.90) 67(1.36) N207Q 36516 (1.00) 11923 25701 (6.76) 206 (4.20) (7.86) N52Q,N207X 30216 (0.83) 12086 27952 (7.35) 77 (1.56) (7.97) N168X, N207X37191 (1.02) 5787 (3.81) 12280 (3.23) 104 (2.12) N52Q, N168Q 32576(0.89) 12638 27167 (7.14) 101 (2.06) (8.33) N84Q, N207Q 37176 (1.02)5292 (3.49) 3153 (0.83) 31 (0.63) N155Q, N207Q 34884 (0.95) 1489 (0.98)987 (0.26) 73 (1.48) N119Q, N168Q 29099 (0.80) 2534 (1.67) 11289 (2.97)51 (1.05) N119Q, N207Q 32603 (0.89) 1861 (1.23) 6795 (1.79) 153 (3.12)N119Q N155X 38516 (1.05) 15318 27498 (7.23) 173 (3.52) (10.10) N52Q,N84Q 33988 (0.93) 1675 (1.10) 3525 (0.93) 39 (0.80) N52Q, N119Q 35729(0.98) 11040 26139 (6.87) 51 (1.03) (7.28) N84Q, N119Q 34777 (0.95) 1493(0.98) 2877 (0.76) 39 (0.80) N52Q, N84Q, N168Q 27021 (0.74) 1584 (1.04)958 (0.25) 38 (0.78) N52Q, N84Q, 39942 (1.09) 13396 26360 (6.93) 37(0.76) N207Q (8.83) N84Q, N155Q, N168Q 27812 (0.76) 357 (0.24) 466(0.12) 30 (0.61) N84Q, N168Q, N207Q 30659 (0.84) 737 (0.49) 861 (0.23)25 (0.52) N84Q, N155H, N207Q 13557 (0.37) 685 (0.45) 607 (0.16) 29(0.59) N155Q, N168Q, N207Q 13999 (0.38) 277 (0.18) 317 (0.08) 40 (0.82)N119Q, N155Q, N168Q 36896 (1.01) 4094 (2.70) 2179 (0.57) 50 (1.02)N119Q, N168Q, N207Q 29543 (0.81) 921 (0.61) 3744 (0.98) 72 (1.47) N84Q,N119Q, N207Q 21357 (0.58) 569 (0.38) 640 (0.17) 59 (1.20) N119Q, N155H,N207Q 37310 (1.02) 614 (0.40) 931 (0.24) 86 (1.75) N84Q, N119Q, N155Q2675 (0.07) 262 (0.17) 291 (0.08) 34 (0.70) N52Q, N119Q, N155Q 27853(0.76) 552 (0.36) 772 (0.20) 42 (0.87) N52H, N84Q, N119Q 40700 (1.11)4580 (3.02) 4601 (1.21) 39 (0.80) N52H, N84Q, N168X, 8796 (0.24) 587(0.39) 481 (0.13) 32 (0.66) N207X N52Q, N84Q, N155X, 43521 (1.19) 6605(4.35) 4811 (1.26) 32 (0.66) N168X N52Q, N84Q, N119Q, 39342 (1.07) 4519(2.98) 3300 (0.87) 37 (0.76) N168Q N52Q, N84Q, N119Q, 7011 (0.19) 602(0.40) 433 (0.11) 37 (0.75) N207Q Wildtype ICOSL ECD 36602 (1.00) 1517(1.00) 3804 (1.00) 49 (1.00)

TABLE E15F Additional exemplary variant ICOSL polypeptides Costim MLRBinding IFN- IFN- CD28 CTLA-4 ICOS gamma gamma MFI MFI MFI pg/mL pg/mLMutations (ΔWT) (ΔWT) (ΔWT) (ΔWT) (ΔWT) N52A/N57F/Q100S 156589 (7.00)255078 (0.77) 241891 (1.14) 1119 (0.68) 0 (0.00) N52A/N57H/Q100S 159363(7.10) 321437 (0.97) 304600 (1.44) 2972 (1.80) 0 (0.00) N52A/N57Y/Q100 A147258 (6.60) 319745 (0.97) 260713 (1.23) 2978 (1.81) 0 (0.00)N52D,/N57A/ Q100A 137882 (6.20) 340186 (1.03) 248975 (1.17) 477 (0.29)134 (0.60) N52D,/Q100S 95731 (4.30) 332743 (1.01) 275097 (1.30) 957(0.58) 110 (0.49) N52G/Q100A 98652 (4.40) 97118 (0.29) 303229 (1.43) 296(0.18) 96 (0.43) N52H/Q100A 145762 (6.50) 361334 (1.09) 213008 (1.01)784 (0.48) 37 (0.17) N52M/N57H/Q100S 114743 (5.10) 463404 (1.40) 265637(1.25) 1333 (0.81) 0 (0.00) N52M/N57W/Q100P 168057 (7.50) 342659 (1.04)322277 (1.52) 1865 (1.13) 0 (0.00) N52Q/N57F 131301 (5.90) 366714 (1.11)192206 (0.91) 1403 (0.85) 0 (0.00) N52Q/N57S/Q100A 91306 (4.10) 315021(0.95) 262735 (1.24) 290 (0.18) 123 (0.55) N52R/N57L/Q100A 118803 (5.30)402961 (1.22) 307965 (1.45) 709 (0.43) 0 (0.00) N52R/N57Y/Q100P 133283(6.00) 502179 (1.52) 251264 (1.19) 7380 (4.48) 0 (0.00) N52R/N57Y/Q100S133454 (6.00) 504037 (1.53) 229271 (1.08) 5841 (3.54) 0 (0.00)N52S/N57A/Q100A 98153 (4.40) 233184 (0.71) 181297 (0.86) 442 (0.27) 52(0.23) N52S/N57H/Q100E 116821 (5.20) 302383 (0.92) 257518 (1.22) 8412(5.11) 132 (0.59) N52S/N57L/Q100S 108133 (4.80) 197064 (0.60) 268940(1.27) 3120 (1.89) 0 (0.00) N52S/N57M/Q100S 133604 (6.00) 227615 (0.69)312088 (1.47) 349 (0.21) 199 (0.89) N52S/N57Y/Q100S 161330 (7.20) 204577(0.62) 223684 (1.06) 7411 (4.50) 0 (0.00) N52S/N57Y/Q100M 156869 (7.00)395350 (1.20) 302569 (1.43) 2954 (1.79) 0 (0.00) N52S/N57Y/Q100V 126281(5.70) 304795 (0.92) 218925 (1.03) 1304 (0.79) 0 (0.00) N52T/N57H/Q100S143441 (6.40) 377542 (1.14) 258634 (1.22) 6312 (3.83) 0 (0.00)N52T/N57H/Q100A 112637 (5.00) 350453 (1.06) 220339 (1.04) 2874 (1.74) 0(0.00) N52T/N57Y/Q100A 161333 (7.20) 340845 (1.03) 239136 (1.13) 442(0.27) 0 (0.00) N52V/N57L/Q100A 132144 (5.90) 252148 (0.76) 181344(0.86) 518 (0.31) 159 (0.71) N52H/N57Y/Q100K 141720 (6.30) 393476 (1.19)214270 (1.01) 12919 (7.84) 0 (0.00) N52K/N57Y/Q100R 140729 (6.30) 233283(0.71) 198941 (0.94) 12515 (7.60) 0 (0.00) N52L/N57H/Q100R 140807 (6.30)352518 (1.07) 250052 (1.18) 12544 (7.61) 0 (0.00) N52R/N57F/Q100N 161029(7.20) 233254 (0.71) 252904 (1.19) 448 (0.27) 106 (0.47) N52R/N57F/Q100P153850 (6.90) 503696 (1.52) 296566 (1.40) 1718 (1.04) 0 (0.00)N52R/N57F/Q100R 185231 (8.30) 463873 (1.40) 234248 (1.11) 11402 (6.92) 0(0.00) N52R/N57F/Q100T 126875 (5.70) 357505 (1.08) 270134 (1.27) 272(0.17) 0 (0.00) N52R/N57H/Q100K — — — — — N52R/N57L/Q100S 111704 (5.00)289326 (0.88) 230617 (1.09) 1292 (0.78) 0 (0.00) N52R/N57W/Q100K 130875(5.90) 477268 (1.44) 349316 (1.65) 10056 (6.10) 0 (0.00) N52R/N57W136967 (6.10) 318199 (0.96) 298850 (1.41) 12652 (7.68) 0 (0.00)N52R/N57Y/Q100R 3285 (0.10) 4266 (0.01) 6104 (0.03) 349 (0.21) 347(1.54) N52C/N57E/Q100S 13361 (0.60) 10616 (0.03) 125274 (0.59) 296(0.18) 372 (1.65) N52G/N57P/Q100D 5715 (0.30) 10181 (0.03) 274629 (1.30)254 (0.15) 343 (1.53) N52G/N57V/Q100G 23658 (1.10) 14727 (0.04) 260057(1.23) 325 (0.20) 245 (1.09) N52G/N57V 69117 (3.10) 52498 (0.16) 332068(1.57) 847 (0.51) 327 (1.45) N52L/N57V 54775 (2.50) 150970 (0.46) 256730(1.21) 986 (0.60) 270 (1.20) N52P/N57P 21008 (0.90) 27043 (0.08) 222171(1.05) 260 (0.16) 478 (2.13) N52P/N57S/Q100G 6803 (0.30) 5054 (0.02)143255 (0.68) 110 (0.07) 481 (2.14) N52S/N57L/Q100G 71895 (3.20) 79432(0.24) 275602 (1.30) 726 (0.44) 513 (2.28) N52T/N57K/Q100P 88653 (4.00)78299 (0.24) 312905 (1.48) 116 (0.07) 395 (1.76) N52V/N57T/Q100L 6205(0.30) 11458 (0.03) 29167 (0.14) 85 (0.05) 562 (2.50) N57Q/Q100P 15195(0.70) 69058 (0.21) 204533 (0.97) 159 (0.10) 432 (1.92) WT ICOSL 22340(1.00) 330437 (1.00) 211945 (1.00) 1648 (1.00) 225 (1.00) Full lengthN52H/N57Y/ 138141 (6.20) 605794 (1.83) 237653 (1.12) — 0 (0.00)Q100R/F172S N52H/N57Y/Q100R 142274 (6.40) 817010 (2.47) 199528 (0.94) —0 (0.00) N52H/N57Y/Q100R — — — 10362 (6.29) —

7 CTLA-1 Binding and Bioactivity Data

Fc-fusion binding studies were performed to assess specificity andaffinity of CTLA-4 ECD variant immunomodulatory proteins for bindingpartners CD80, CD86, and ICOSL. The Fc-fusion variant proteins werefurther characterized for bioactivity in human primary T cells in vitroassays. Soluble CTLA-4-Fc bioactivity was tested in a human MixedLymphocyte Reaction (MLR). Human primary dendritic cells (DC) generatedby culturing monocytes isolated from PBMC (BenTech Bio, USA) in vitrofor 7 days with 50 ng/mL rIL-4 (R&D Systems, USA) and 80 ng/mL rGM-CSF(R&D Systems, USA) in Ex-Vivo 15 media (Lonza, Switzerland). On days 3and 5, half of the media was removed and replaced with fresh mediacontaining 50 ng/mL rIL-4 and 80 ng/mL rGM-CSF. To fully induce DCmaturation, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (InvivoGen Corp., USA) was added at100 ng/mL to the DC cultures on day 6 and cells were incubated for anadditional 24 hours. Approximately, 10,000 matured DC and 100,000purified allogeneic CD3+ T cells (BenTech Bio, USA) were co-culturedwith CTLA-4 variant Fc fusion proteins and controls in 96 well roundbottom plates in 200 μl final volume of Ex-Vivo 15 media.

TABLE E16A Binding and bioactivity of variant CTLA-4-Fc polypeptidesBinding MLR CD80 CD86 ICOSL IFN-Y MFI MFI MFI [pg/mL] Mutations (Δ WT)(Δ WT) (Δ WT) (Δ WT) L12P/A26T/ L63P/ L98Q/Y105L 829 ( 0.2 ) 761890 (1.1 ) 873 ( 0.5 ) 216 ( 0.3 ) L12P/A26T 1024 ( 0.2 ) 276276 ( 0.4 ) 928( 0.6 ) 850 ( 1.3 ) L12P/A26T/ L63P 2400 ( 0.5 ) 500345 ( 0.7 ) 891 (0.5 ) 671 ( 1.0 ) L63P/L98Q/ Y105L 4718 ( 1.0 ) 410571 ( 0.6 ) 1802 (1.1 ) 124 ( 0.2 ) L98Q/Y105L 3863 ( 0.8 ) 685365 ( 1.0 ) 1186 ( 0.7 )124 ( 0.2 ) L63P 3932 ( 0.8 ) 595807 ( 0.8 ) 966 ( 0.6 ) 261 ( 0.4 )L98R/N110K 2110 ( 0.4 ) 665012 ( 0.9 ) 1046 ( 0.6 ) 344 ( 0.5 ) WTCTLA-4 4775 ( 1.0 ) 708753 ( 1.0 ) 1664 ( 1.0 ) 662 ( 1.0 )

TABLE E16B Binding and bioactivity of variant CTLA-4-Fc polypeptidesBinding MLR CD80 CD86 ICOSL IFN-γ MFI MFI MFI [pg/mL] Mutations (Δ WT)(Δ WT) (Δ WT) (Δ WT) L12P/A26T/L63P/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2026 ( 0.4 ) 33068( 0.9 ) 1222 ( 0.7 ) 569 ( 1.5 ) E33M/Q82H/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 1098 ( 0.2 )35506 ( 1.0 ) 1792 ( 1.1 ) 253 ( 0.7 ) L63P/S72G/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 2591 (0.5 ) 33477 ( 0.9 ) 1604 ( 1.0 ) 586 ( 1.6 ) S14N/R16C/I18T/M56K/T61A/L63P/A86T/M99L 3773 ( 0.8 ) 30572 ( 0.8 ) 990 ( 0.6 ) 441 ( 1.2 )S27P/M56K/L63P/S72G/ S73R/T89A/M99L/ 1982 ( 0.4 ) 33467 ( 0.9 ) 1354 (0.8 ) 426 ( 1.1 ) Y105L/I117M M56K/L63P/N75D/V96I/ M99L/Y105L/L106I 3775( 0.8 ) 31296 ( 0.9 ) 1719 ( 1.0 ) 583 ( 1.6 ) L63P/S72G/Y105L 3831 (0.8 ) 32160 ( 0.9 ) 1362 ( 0.8 ) 123 ( 0.3 ) L63P/L98Q/M99L/ Y105L/I117M2635 ( 0.6 ) 32564 ( 0.9 ) 1761 ( 1.1 ) 539 ( 1.4 ) L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/I117L 2463 ( 0.5 ) 32830 ( 0.9 ) 1930 ( 1.2 ) 603 ( 1.6 )A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/ Y105L/L106I/I117L 3576 ( 0.7 ) 31549 ( 0.9 ) 939 (0.6 ) 83 ( 0.2 ) L63P/L98Q/V116A 2772 ( 0.6 ) 32657 ( 0.9 ) 1033 ( 0.6 )298 ( 0.8 ) G29W/L98Q/M99L/ Y105L 1772 ( 0.4 ) 32977 ( 0.9 ) 6183 ( 3.7) 745 ( 2.0 ) T37S/M56V/L98Q/ Y105L 2115 ( 0.4 ) 27628 ( 0.8 ) 881 ( 0.5) 148 ( 0.4 ) A26T/Y54F/M56K/ M99L/Y105L 1526 ( 0.3 ) 28149 ( 0.8 ) 1113( 0.7 ) 552 ( 1.5 ) L12P/I18T/A26T/M55T/ T69S/S72G/M99L/Y105L 1577 ( 0.3) 25936 ( 0.7 ) 931 ( 0.6 ) 944 ( 2.5 ) V22I/L63P/L98Q/ Y105L/I117M 2802( 0.6 ) 27629 ( 0.8 ) 1013 ( 0.6 ) 103 ( 0.3 ) A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2899 ( 0.6 ) 26407 ( 0.7 ) 1759 ( 1.1 ) 195 ( 0.5 )I18T/T61R/L63P/S72G/ L98Q/M99L/P102L/ 1140 ( 0.2 ) 46974 ( 1.3 ) 935 (0.6 ) 714 ( 1.9 ) Y105L E33M/A42T/L98Q/ Y105L 1623 ( 0.3 ) 27354 ( 0.7 )1675 ( 1.0 ) 638 ( 1.7 ) M55T/E97Q/M99L/ Y105F 906 ( 0.2 ) 6249 ( 0.2 )1037 ( 0.6 ) 575 ( 1.5 ) M55T/S72G/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 1940 ( 0.4 ) 30594 (0.8 ) 2313 ( 1.4 ) 594 ( 1.6 ) R16C/G29W/E33V/ M55T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L 2678( 0.6 ) 28858 ( 0.8 ) 1480 ( 0.9 ) 144 ( 0.4 ) L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I 2318 ( 0.5 ) 28463 ( 0.8 ) 879 ( 0.5 ) 127 ( 0.3 )M56L/L63P/L98Q/ Y105L/L106I/I117L 3487 ( 0.7 ) 32054 ( 0.9 ) 963 ( 0.6 )72 ( 0.2 ) S15P/I18V/M56T/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 1445 ( 0.3 ) 33793 ( 0.9 )1505 ( 0.9 ) 622 ( 1.7 ) I18T/G29W/L63P/ L98Q/Y105L 10109 ( 2.1 ) 29367( 0.8 ) 1711 ( 1.0 ) 50 ( 0.1 ) L63P/Q82H/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 2777 ( 0.6 )31740 ( 0.9 ) 2110 ( 1.3 ) 723 ( 1.9 ) L98Q/M99L/Y105L/ L106I/I117T 1117( 0.2 ) 28174 ( 0.8 ) 1081 ( 0.6 ) 944 ( 2.5 ) L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/Y115N 1074 ( 0.2 ) 27514 ( 0.7 ) 939 ( 0.6 ) 322 ( 0.9 )M55T/L63P/T71I/ M99L/Y105L 2900 ( 0.6 ) 24010 ( 0.7 ) 1125 ( 0.7 ) 384 (1.0 ) A26T/T53S/M56K/ L63P/L98Q/Y105L 3352 ( 0.7 ) 23688 ( 0.6 ) 1042 (0.6 ) 88 ( 0.2 ) I18T/A26T/L63P/ Q82R/L98Q/Y105L 3650 ( 0.8 ) 26133 (0.7 ) 923 ( 0.6 ) 105 ( 0.3 ) L12H/M55T/E59D/ L63P/M99L 2877 ( 0.6 )26206 ( 0.7 ) 876 ( 0.5 ) 619 ( 1.7 ) I18T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/ Y105L/I108V2706 ( 0.6 ) 26196 ( 0.7 ) 960 ( 0.6 ) 62 ( 0.2 ) I18T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2442 ( 0.5 ) 29111 ( 0.8 ) 2489 ( 1.5 ) 817 ( 2.2 )T61A/L63P/S72G/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 2505 ( 0.5 ) 32390 ( 0.9 ) 1987 ( 1.2 )944 ( 2.5 ) V38I/L63P/S72G/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3433 ( 0.7 ) 33373 ( 0.9 )2410 ( 1.4 ) 846 ( 2.3 ) L63P/S72G/I93L/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 3282 ( 0.7 )32885 ( 0.9 ) 2277 ( 1.4 ) 897 ( 2.4 ) L12I/M55T/M56V/I67T/M99L/L106R/I108F 2917 ( 0.6 ) 31744 ( 0.9 ) 2485 ( 1.5 ) 842 ( 2.3 )I18N/A26T/L63H/T89A/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 1943 ( 0.4 ) 31558 ( 0.9 ) 2175 (1.3 ) 689 ( 1.8 ) I18T/E48R/L63P/T69S/ L98Q/Y105L/N110Y 1086 ( 0.2 )23508 ( 0.6 ) 1124 ( 0.7 ) 645 ( 1.7 ) I18N/L63P/S72T/M87T/L98Q/Y105L/N110S 1998 ( 0.4 ) 36385 ( 1.0 ) 1032 ( 0.6 ) 73 ( 0.2 )G29W/M56T/L63P/L98Q/ Y105L/L106I/I117L 3308 ( 0.7 ) 32787 ( 0.9 ) 1258 (0.8 ) 78 ( 0.2 ) G29W/N58S/L63P/M87T/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3381 ( 0.7 ) 32622( 0.9 ) 3622 ( 2.2 ) 578 ( 1.6 ) G29W/N58S/L63P/D64N/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L3750 ( 0.8 ) 33612 ( 0.9 ) 2158 ( 1.3 ) 227 ( 0.6 ) I18T/L63P/S72G/M87K/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2925 ( 0.6 ) 35032 ( 1.0 ) 1999 ( 1.2 ) 679 ( 1.8 ) WTCTLA4 4775 ( 1.0 ) 36785 ( 1.0 ) 1664 ( 1.0 ) 373 ( 1.0 )

TABLE E16C Binding and bioactivity of variant CTLA-4-Fc polypeptidesBinding MLR CD80 CD86 ICOSL IFN-γ MFI MFI MFI [pg/mL] Mutations (Δ WT)(Δ WT) (Δ WT) (Δ WT) M56V 2688 ( 0.6 ) 36766 ( 0.1 ) 822 ( 0.5 ) 176 (1.3 ) L63P/K95R 2914 ( 0.6 ) 33412 ( 0.0 ) 819 ( 0.5 ) 165 ( 1.2 )L63P/L98Q 2830 ( 0.6 ) 31416 ( 0.0 ) 885 ( 0.5 ) 229 ( 1.6 )L98Q/M99L/Y105L 1472 ( 0.3 ) 33977 ( 0.0 ) 1541 ( 0.9 ) 325 ( 2.3 )L63P/M87K/ M99L/L106R 3329 ( 0.7 ) 61526 ( 0.1 ) 2540 ( 1.5 ) 531 ( 3.8) L63P/M99L/ Y105L/I108F 2142 ( 0.4 ) 32781 ( 0.0 ) 3759 ( 2.3 ) 1053 (7.5 ) V10A/L63P/ L98Q/Y105L 3148 ( 0.7 ) 34595 ( 0.0 ) 869 ( 0.5 ) 141 (1.0 ) M56T/L91R/ L98Q/Y105L 1713 ( 0.4 ) 33645 ( 0.0 ) 1128 ( 0.7 ) 0 (0.0 ) A26T/L63P/M87V/ N110K/I117E 2909 ( 0.6 ) 31487 ( 0.0 ) 973 ( 0.6 )426 ( 3.0 ) G29W/L63P/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 5165 ( 1.1 ) 37721 ( 0.1 ) 3023 (1.8 ) 438 ( 3.1 ) A26T/V46E/L63P/ D65G/L98Q 5009 ( 1.0 ) 38407 ( 0.1 )888 ( 0.5 ) 273 ( 1.9 ) G29W/N58S/L63P/ L98Q/Y105L 15619 ( 3.3 ) 34897 (0.0 ) 1374 ( 0.8 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) G29W/E59G/L63P/ L98Q/Y105L 3214 ( 0.7 )32786 ( 0.0 ) 1148 ( 0.7 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) L12H/L63P/S72G/ L98Q/Y105L 2034 (0.4 ) 31843 ( 0.0 ) 857 ( 0.5 ) 87 ( 0.6 ) A6T/A26T/M55T/ M99L/Y105L1429 ( 0.3 ) 33589 ( 0.0 ) 938 ( 0.6 ) 472 ( 3.4 ) A26T/L63P/D65G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2324 ( 0.5 ) 33672 ( 0.0 ) 2200 ( 1.3 ) 264 ( 1.9 )V10A/L63P/ D64V/S72G/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2598 ( 0.5 ) 33868 ( 0.0 ) 2502 (1.5 ) 904 ( 6.4 ) L12P/G29W/ D43N/N58S/ L63P/L98Q/M99L/ 1486 ( 0.3 )30004 ( 0.0 ) 1276 ( 0.8 ) 352 ( 2.5 ) Y105L I18V/A26T/ L63P/D64E/L98Q/Y105L/ L106R/ 4096 ( 0.9 ) 30852 ( 0.0 ) 17220 ( 10.3 ) 0 ( 0.0 )N110K A19V/G29W/ R35K/L63P/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2349 ( 0.5 ) 33255 ( 0.0 )3119 ( 1.9 ) 445 ( 3.2 ) L12P/A26T/ L63P/S72G/ T89M/L98Q/M99L/ 1833 (0.4 ) 924222 ( 1.3 ) 919 ( 0.6 ) 536 ( 3.8 ) Y105L P28L/E33V/ L63P/S72G/L98R/M99L/Y105L 1441 ( 0.3 ) 782025 ( 1.1 ) 966 ( 0.6 ) 535 ( 3.8 )E24Q/L63P/ S72G/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 2864 ( 0.6 ) 729343 ( 1.0 ) 1080 ( 0.6) 867( 6.2 ) I18T/G29R/ L63P/S72G/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3592 ( 0.8 ) 857127 (1.2 ) 1014 ( 0.6 ) 366 ( 2.6 ) L63P/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 2662 ( 0.6 ) 618249( 0.9 ) 868 ( 0.5 ) 944 ( 6.7 ) Q41L/Y54F/M56K/ M99L/I108F 2570 ( 0.5 )703731 ( 1.0 ) 940 ( 0.6 ) 408 ( 2.9 ) S72G/L98Q/M99L/ Y105L/I117T 1374( 0.3 ) 863538 ( 1.2 ) 968 ( 0.6 ) 221 ( 1.6 ) M56R/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2546 ( 0.5 ) 911035 ( 1.3 ) 839 ( 0.5 ) 1198 ( 8.5 )E33M/L63P/S72G/ L98Q/Y105L 1532 ( 0.3 ) 518203 ( 0.7 ) 999 ( 0.6 ) 1220( 8.7 ) L63P/L98Q/M99L/ Y105L/L106I 2814 ( 0.6 ) 1007606 ( 1.4 ) 1004 (0.6 ) 773 ( 5.5 ) A26T/M55R/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 2324 ( 0.5 ) 520232 ( 0.7 )986 ( 0.6 ) 468 ( 3.3 ) L63P/S72G/M87A/ L98Q/Y105L 2769 ( 0.6 ) 349875 (0.5 ) 875 ( 0.5 ) 202 ( 1.4 ) A26D/S72G/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 5409 ( 1.1 )578704 ( 0.8 ) 1235 ( 0.7 ) 1097 ( 7.8 ) V22A/L63P/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L/P119H 2820 ( 0.6 ) 642849 ( 0.9 ) 992 ( 0.6 ) 1174 ( 8.4 )A26T/M55T/L63P/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3203 ( 0.7 ) 850654 ( 1.2 ) 875 ( 0.5 )1096 ( 7.8 ) E33V/A42S/M55T/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2195 ( 0.5 ) 929792 ( 1.3 )1043 ( 0.6 ) 1478 ( 10.5 ) G29W/N58S/L63P/ Q82R/L98Q/Y105L 18277 ( 3.8 )950639 ( 1.3 ) 1463 ( 0.9 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) E33M/L63P/S72G/ L98Q/Y105L/I117L2293 ( 0.5 ) 912480 ( 1.3 ) 907 ( 0.5 ) 586 ( 4.2 ) A26T/I67N/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 1740 ( 0.4 ) 976150 ( 1.4 ) 948 ( 0.6 ) 1331 ( 9.5 )L12F/A26T/L63P/ L98Q/Y105L/L106R 2186 ( 0.5 ) 984573 ( 1.4 ) 867 ( 0.5 )1286 ( 9.2 ) S20N/A26T/L63P/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3707 ( 0.8 ) 941466 ( 1.3 )1020 ( 0.6 ) 1879 ( 13.4 ) G29W/T61I/ L63P/S72G/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3446 (0.7 ) 842791 ( 1.2 ) 1024 ( 0.6 ) 718 ( 5.1 ) G29W/N58S/ L63P/T69I/L98Q/M99L/Y105L 4558 ( 1.0 ) 841939 ( 1.2 ) 1945 ( 1.2 ) 1036 ( 7.4 )L12P/L63P/ S72G/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L/ L106N 2991 ( 0.6 ) 854863 ( 1.2 ) 894( 0.5 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) L63P/T69 A/ L98Q/M99L/ Y105L/L106R/ V116 A 3984 ( 0.8) 831276 ( 1.2 ) 1765 ( 1.1 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) G29W/N58S/L63P/ S72G/L98Q/Y105L4262 ( 0.9 ) 860194 ( 1.2 ) 1445 ( 0.9 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) G29W/L63P/D65G/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 3399 ( 0.7 ) 854339 ( 1.2 ) 954 ( 0.6 ) 0 ( 0.0 )T53S/M56V/ L98Q/Y105L 3860 ( 0.8 ) 875378 ( 1.2 ) 1376 ( 0.8 ) 0 ( 0.0 )L63P/S72G/ L98Q/Y105L 3451 ( 0.7 ) 892268 ( 1.3 ) 1486 ( 0.9 ) 0 ( 0.0 )I18A/L63P/S72G/ L98Q/Y105L 3542 ( 0.7 ) 637802 ( 0.9 ) 1240 ( 0.7 ) 0 (0.0 ) G29W/T53S/M56K/ L63P/L98Q/Y105L 3347 ( 0.7 ) 794165 ( 1.1 ) 1914 (1.2 ) 179 ( 1.3 ) I18V/G29W/L63P/ S72G/L98Q/Y105L 4064 ( 0.9 ) 797318 (1.1 ) 1351 ( 0.8 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) G29W/L63P/ S72G/L98Q/ Y105L/L106I 4303 (0.9 ) 829524 ( 1.2 ) 1474 ( 0.9 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) G29W/L63P/ I67V/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 3993 ( 0.8 ) 769557 ( 1.1 ) 1053 ( 0.6 ) 0 ( 0.0 )G29W/M55V/E59G/ L63P/L98Q/Y105L 4174 ( 0.9 ) 427427 ( 0.6 ) 1248 ( 0.7 )0 ( 0.0 ) G29W/L63P/S72G/ L98Q/Y105L/I117L 3794 ( 0.8 ) 502885 ( 0.7 )1853 ( 1.1 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) L63P/S72G/L98Q/ Y105L/L106I/I117L 3811 ( 0.8 )789352 ( 1.1 ) 1885 ( 1.1 ) 37( 0.3 ) L12F/R16H/G29W/ M56T/L98Q/Y105L6575 ( 1.4 ) 919746 ( 1.3 ) 2615 ( 1.6 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) L12P/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 4012 ( 0.8 ) 783049 ( 1.1 ) 1001 ( 0.6 ) 155 ( 1.1 )L12P/G29W/ L63P/S72G/ L98Q/Y105L/L106I 4347 ( 0.9 ) 662327 ( 0.9 ) 1219( 0.7 ) 195 ( 1.4 ) G29W/L63P/ S72G/L98Q/ Y105L/L106I/I117L 3242 ( 0.7 )702231 ( 1.0 ) 1205 ( 0.7 ) 133 ( 0.9 ) A26T/T53S/ L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L 4853 ( 1.0 ) 713974 ( 1.0 ) 2111 ( 1.3 ) 0 ( 0.0 )G29W/N58S/ L63P/S72G/ M87V/L98Q/Y105L 4044 ( 0.8 ) 818528 ( 1.2 ) 1572 (0.9 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) G29W/S72G/ Q76R/L98Q/ Y105L/L106I/ Q113H 2421 ( 0.5 )842313 ( 1.2 ) 2147 ( 1.3 ) 1129 ( 8.1 ) G29W/N58S/ L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/ L106V 1233 ( 0.3 ) 931184 ( 1.3 ) 1045 ( 0.6 ) 844 ( 6.0 )A26T/L63P/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 3095 ( 0.6 ) 762915 ( 1.1 ) 1863 ( 1.1 ) 1059( 7.6 ) G29W/N58D/I67V/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2460 ( 0.5 ) 898877 ( 1.3 ) 4222( 2.5 ) 373 ( 2.7 ) 167V/S72G/ Q82H/T89A/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 1729 ( 0.4 )865295 ( 1.2 ) 5692 ( 3.4 ) 786 ( 5.6 ) S72G/R85G/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I 1439 ( 0.3 ) 905813 ( 1.3 ) 4653 ( 2.8 ) 915 ( 6.5 )L63P/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L 2787 ( 0.6 ) 824331 ( 1.2 ) 1723 ( 1.0 ) 692 ( 4.9) A26T/T47A/ M56K/L63P/ S72G/Q82R/L98Q/ 2432 ( 0.5 ) 835548 ( 1.2 ) 2767( 1.7 ) 404 ( 2.9 ) M99L/Y105L A26T/M55T/ L63P/S72G/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L3226 ( 0.7 ) 1085961 ( 1.5 ) 2090 ( 1.3 ) 1413 ( 10.1 ) L12H/I18V/A42T/M55T/ N58D/L98R/ Y105L/ 1764 ( 0.4 ) 896733 ( 1.3 ) 733 ( 0.4 ) 170( 1.2 ) L106I/P121S I18T/A26T/L63P/ S72G/L98Q/Y105L 3265 ( 0.7 ) 769820( 1.1 ) 802 ( 0.5 ) 145 ( 1.0 ) LI2F/K30R/ S72G/Q82R/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L1208 ( 0.3 ) 766257 ( 1.1 ) 1747 ( 1.0 ) 718 ( 5.1 ) L12P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L/ L106N/ 987 ( 0.2 ) 782940 ( 1.1 ) 998 ( 0.6 ) 623( 4.4 ) I117L G29W/M87K/I93V/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 2019 ( 0.4 ) 767081 ( 1.1) 7975 ( 4.8 ) 786 ( 5.6 ) P28L/E33V/ L63P/S72G/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 1163 (0.2 ) 798068 ( 1.1 ) 1849 ( 1.1 ) 1161 ( 8.3 ) G29W/T53S/ M56K/L63P/Q82H/L98Q/M99I/ 4087 ( 0.9 ) 425068 ( 0.6 ) 5654 ( 3.4 ) 956 ( 6.8 )Y105L I18F/L63P/ L98Q/M99L/ Y105L/P121S 2392 ( 0.5 ) 486401 ( 0.7 ) 1765( 1.1 ) 737 ( 5.3 ) L63P/L98Q/M99L/ Y105L/I108V 3455 ( 0.7 ) 730161 (1.0 ) 2074 ( 1.2 ) 592 ( 4.2 ) A26T/A42V/ Q45H/I67N/ M87K/E97Q/M99L10573 ( 2.2 ) 610530 ( 0.9 ) 24030 ( 14.4 ) 1282 ( 9.1 ) E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L 1984 ( 0.4 ) 933740 ( 1.3 ) 2401 ( 1.4 ) 1849 ( 13.2 )M56V/E59G/ L63P/S72G/ M87K/I93V/ L98Q/M99L/ 1940 ( 0.4 ) 758136 ( 1.1 )1552 ( 0.9 ) 332 ( 2.4 ) Y105L/I117E G29W/M87K/ T89S/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L/3525 ( 0.7 ) 913043 ( 1.3 ) 9533 ( 5.7 ) 232 ( 1.7 ) I108V/I117LL12P/M56V/L63P/ V96I/L98Q/M99L/ 1647 ( 0.3 ) 891092 ( 1.3 ) 1059 ( 0.6 )907 ( 6.5 ) Y105L/Y115H G29W/T53S/ M56K/T61N/ L63P/L98Q/Y105L 3375 ( 0.7) 919607 ( 1.3 ) 1454 ( 0.9 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) H8T/A26S/ M55T/M56V/L63P/S72G/L98Q/ 2455 ( 0.5 ) 782684 ( 1.1 ) 1686 ( 1.0 ) 530 ( 3.8 )M99L/Y105L/I117K I18T/T61R/ L63P/S72G/ L98Q/M99L/Y105L 3315 ( 0.7 )926617 ( 1.3 ) 2390 ( 1.4 ) 296 ( 2.1 ) L12P/L63P/ S72G/L98Q/ M99L/Y105L1784 ( 0.4 ) 1045369 ( 1.5 ) 1510 ( 0.9 ) 968 ( 6.9 ) E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I08F 1481 ( 0.3 ) 820016 ( 1.2 ) 2109 ( 1.3 ) 766 ( 5.5 )L12P/R16H/ A26T/T61S/ L63P/M87V/L98Q/ 1926 ( 0.4 ) 895016 ( 1.3 ) 1046 (0.6 ) 593 ( 4.2 ) M99L/Y105L/ L106I/I17L G29W/T53S/ M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/ 7819 ( 1.6 ) 778254 ( 1.1 ) 2249 ( 1.4 ) 0 ( 0.0 )Y105L/P121S G29W/L63P/ S72G/L98Q/ Y105L/P121S 3395 ( 0.7 ) 763120 ( 1.1) 1559 ( 0.9 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) G29W/T53S/ M56K/N58S/ L63P/M87V/L98Q/ 8116 (1.7 ) 257214 ( 0.4 ) 2517 ( 1.5 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) Y105L G29W/T53S/ M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/ 7775 ( 1.6 ) 271930 ( 0.4 ) 3703 ( 2.2 ) 45 ( 0.3 )Y105L/I108V G29W/T53S/L63P/ S72G/L98Q/Y105L 4497 ( 0.9 ) 174601 ( 0.2 )1545 ( 0.9 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) V10A/G29 W/ T53S/M56K/ L63P/L98Q/ 6058 ( 1.3 )766570 ( 1.1 ) 1612 ( 1.0 ) 0 ( 0.0 ) Y105L/P121S WT CTLA-4 4775 ( 1.0 )708753 ( 1.0 ) 1664 ( 1.0 ) 140 ( 1.0 )

a. CTLA-4 Consensus Variants

Additional variants of CTLA-4 ECD were designed by identifying consensusresidues identified in the screen described in Examples 8-12 and thisExample above that were commonly associated with CTLA-4 that variantsthat exhibited improved CD80, CD86, and/or ICOSL binding and/ordemonstrated suppression of interferon-gamma secretion in the MLR assay.The selected consensus mutations included I18T, A26T, E33V, T53S, M55T,M56K, N58S, L63P, M87V, L98Q, M99L, and Y105L. The consensus mutantswere used to generate variant CTLA-4 ECDs by site-directed mutagenesiswith reference to the wild-type sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 36,which was then formatted as an Fc fusion protein as described in Example11. The variant CTLA-4 ECD-Fc fusions were tested for binding andbioactivity as described below.

1. Binding and Bioactivity

To produce cells expressing cognate binding partners, full-lengthmammalian surface expression constructs for each of human CD80, CD86,and ICOSL were designed in pcDNA3.1 expression vector (LifeTechnologies) and sourced from Genscript, USA. Binding studies werecarried out using the Expi293F transient transfection system (LifeTechnologies, USA) described above. The number of cells needed for theexperiment was determined, and the appropriate 30 mL scale oftransfection was performed using the manufacturer's suggested protocol.For each counter structure or mock 30 mL transfection, 75 millionExpi293F cells were incubated with 30 μg expression construct DNA and1.5 mL diluted ExpiFectamine™ 293 reagent for 48 hours, at which pointcells were harvested for staining.

In some instances, cells with stable expression of cognate bindingpartners were used. Chinese hamster ovarian cells (CHO) were stablytransduced by lentivirus for surface expression of full-length humanCD80, CD86, or ICOSL.

For flow cytometric analysis, 200,000 cells of a given transienttransfection, stable cell line, or appropriate negative control wereplated in 96 well round bottom plates. Cells were spun down andsuspended in staining buffer (PBS (phosphate buffered saline), 1% BSA(bovine serum albumin), and 0.1% sodium azide) for 20 minutes to blocknon-specific binding. Afterwards, cells were centrifuged again andsuspended in staining buffer containing 100 nM to 100 pM CTLA-4 variantFc fusion protein or control in 50 μL. Primary staining was performedfor 45 minutes, before washing cells in staining buffer twice. BoundCTLA-4 was detected with PE-conjugated anti-human IgG (JacksonImmunoResearch, USA) diluted 1:150 in 50 μL staining buffer andincubated for 30 minutes. Alternatively, bound CTLA-4 was detected withanti-CTLA-4 antibody (Biolegend, USA) diluted 1:130 in 50 μL stainingbuffer for 30 minutes, before washing cells in staining buffer twice.Anti-CTLA-4 antibody was then detected with PE-conjugated anti-mouse IgG(Jackson ImmunoResearch, USA) diluted 1:150 in 50 μL staining buffer andincubated for 30 minutes.

After final incubation, cells were washed twice to remove unboundconjugated antibodies, fixed in 2% formaldehyde/PBS, and analyzed on aHypercyt (Intellicyte, USA) or LSRII (Becton Dickinson, USA) flowcytometer.

Mean Fluorescence Intensity (MFI) was calculated for each sample withCell Quest Pro software (Becton Dickinson, USA), FlowJo software(FlowJo, USA), or Forcyte software (Intellicyt, USA).

2. CD86 Blockade Bioassay

Select CTLA-4 variant Fc fusion proteins were assayed for capacity toblock CD86-CD28 mediated costimulation as determined by a CD86 blockadebioassay. Artificial antigen presenting cells (APCs) were generated bytransducing K562 cells with lentivirus to express cell surfaceanti-human CD3 single chain Fv (OKT3) and human CD86, yieldingK562/OKT3/CD86. Effector cells were generated by transducing Jurkatcells expressing an IL-2-luciferace reporter (Promega) with lentivirusto express a chimeric receptor composed of the extracellular domain ofhuman ICOS and the intracellular domain of human CD28, yieldingJurkat/IL-2/ICOS-CD28. APCs were plated in 33 μL/well of assay buffer(RPMI1640 with 5% FBS) at 2×10⁴ cells/well with CTLA-4-Fc or controlproteins in 33 μL/well at 300 nM. APCs and proteins were incubated for20 minutes at room temperature before the addition of effector cells at2×10⁵ cell/well in 33 μL/well. The plates were transferred to a 37degrees Celsius, humidified with 5% CO2 in an incubation chamber for 5hours, then removed and allowed to acclimate to room temperature for 15minutes. 100 μL/well of cell lysis and luciferase substrate solution(BioGlo™ luciferase reagent, Promega) was added to each plate andincubated on an orbital shaker for 10 minutes. Relative luminescencevalues (RLU) were determined for each test sample by measuringluminescence with a 1 second per well integration time using a Cytation3 imaging reader (BioTek instruments). The percent inhibition mediatedby CD86 blockade was determined using the following formula: [(Avg.Control RLU−Experimental RLU)/(Avg. Control RLU)]×100.

The results are summarized below in Table E16D. The values for bindingCD80, CD86, and ICOSL (MFI) and percent inhibition CD28 costimulationare provided in addition to the relative ratio, as compared to thecorresponding binding and CD86 blockade of the unmodified CTLA-4polypeptide (ΔWT) for each experiment. As indicated, certain mutationsand combinations of mutations were associated with a substantialincrease in binding of CTLA-4 ECD to ICOSL, independent of the change inbinding to either CD80 or CD86. In some cases, increases in binding toone or both of CD80 or CD86 also were observed.

TABLE E16D Binding and bioactivity of consensus variant CTLA-4-Fcpolypeptides Binding CD86 CD80 CD86 ICOSL Blockade MFI MFI MFI BioassayMutations (Δ WT) (Δ WT) (Δ WT) (Δ WT) T53S, M56K, N58S, L63P, 631192(1.2) 497901 (0.9) 215054 (50.9) 88.2 (1.3) M87V, L98Q, Y105L I18T,A26T, M55T, M56K, 759480 (1.4) 657099 (1.1) 89672 (21.2) 40.2 (0.6)L63P, L98Q, M99L, Y105L I18T, A26T, M56K, L63P, 496119 (0.9) 601631(1.0) 295395 (69.9) 86.1 (1.2) L98Q, Y105L T53S, L63P, L98Q 564111 (1.1)571155 (1.0) 11541 (2.7) 86.2 (1.2) T53S, L63P, Y105L 526605 (1.0)568901 (1.0) 20739 (4.9) 86.4 (1.2) T53S, M56K, N58S, L63P, 610377 (1.2)604604 (1.0) 48034 (11.4) 86.7 (1.3) M87V, Y105L L98Q, M99L, Y105L875290 (1.7) 686788 (1.2) 116699 (27.6) 33.9 (0.5) E33V, L98Q, Y105L811261 (1.5) 580048 (1.0) 101877 (24.1) 32.5 (0.5) E33V, M99L 758165(1.4) 618183 (1.1) 71903 (17.0) 85.2 (1.2) T53S, M56K, N58S, L63P,347188 (0.7) 555921 (1.0) 7241 (1.7) 82.6 (1.2) M87V, L98Q T53S, M56K,N58S, L63P, 795550 (1.5) 557059 (1.0) 248668 (58.8) 87.4 (1.3) L98Q,Y105L T53S, M56K, N58S, M87V, 1133587 (2.1) 676071 (1.2) 35087 (8.3)88.7 (1.3) L98Q, Y105L T53S, M56K, L63P, M87V, 736640 (1.4) 546545 (0.9)234716 (55.5) 90.1 (1.3) L98Q, Y105L T53S, N58S, L63P, M87V, 637509(1.2) 508878 (0.9) 108784 (25.7) 86.8 (1.3) L98Q, Y105L M56K, N58S,L63P, M87V, 688049 (1.3) 574298 (1.0) 258574 (61.2) 85.9 (1.2) L98Q,Y105L E33V, L98Q, M99L, 975697 (1.8) 628740 (1.1) 137713 (32.6) 14.1(0.2) Wild-type 529140 (1.0) 579615 (1.0) 4228 (1.0) 69.1 (1.0)

b. Select CTLA-4 Variants

A further panel of CTLA-4 ECD variants was designed with mutations froma variant CTLA-4 identified in the screen described in Examples 8-12 andthis Example above, specifically the variant set forth in SEQ ID NO:3060 containing mutations L12F/R16H/G29W/M56T/L98Q/Y105L, which wasassociated with enhanced binding to CD80, CD86, and ICOSL andsuppression of interferon-gamma. In some cases, S72G was includedbecause it had been identified as a hot spot that had occurred ingreater than 35% of the other top 50 hits that were identified as havingsuppressive activity. For some generated variants, the strategy includedremoval of some mutations (reversion mutations), for example, to reducethe number of mutations in the variant. Variant CTLA-4 ECDs weregenerated by site-directed mutagenesis with reference to the wild-typesequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 36, which was then formatted as an Fcfusion protein as described in Example 11. The variant CTLA-4 ECD-Fcfusions were tested for binding and bioactivity as described above inthis Example.

Table E16E provides the values for binding CD80, CD86, and ICOSL (MFI)and percent inhibition CD28 costimulation in addition to the relativeratio, as compared to the corresponding binding and CD86 blockade of theunmodified CTLA-4 polypeptide (AWT) for each experiment.

TABLE E16E Binding and bioactivity of reversion variant CTLA-4-Fcpolypeptides MLR Binding CD86 CD80 CD86 ICOSL Blockade MFI MFI MFIBioassay Mutations (Δ WT) (Δ WT) (Δ WT) (Δ WT) L12F, R16H, G29W, M56T,L98Q 76155 (1.5) 86548 (1.2) 959 (0.8) 72.3 (0.9) L12F, R16H, G29W,M56T, Y105L 73996 (1.4) 72293 (1.0) 1944 (1.7) 77.8 (1.0) L12F, R16H,G29W, L98Q, Y105L 60527 (1.2) 78181 (1.1) 862 (0.7) 89.0 (1.1) L12F,R16H, M56T, L98Q, Y105L 70120 (1.4) 70437 (1.0) 1265 (1.1) 86.8 (1.1)G29W, M56T, L98Q, Y105L 70579 (1.4) 65251 (0.9) 612 (0.5) 88.6 (1.1)L12F, G29W, L98Q, Y105L 66677 (1.3) 85018 (1.2) 807 (0.7) 90.0 (1.1)L12F, L98Q, Y105L 67142 (1.3) 85125 (1.2) 2584 (2.2) 86.9 (1.1) R16H,L98Q, Y105L 67259 (1.3) 70269 (1.0) 1018 (0.9) 89.8 (1.1) G29W, L98Q,Y105L 90170 (1.8) 64097 (0.9) 570 (0.5) 90.0 (1.1) M56T, L98Q, Y105L68644 (1.3) 70222 (1.0) 700 (0.6) 88.0 (1.1) L12F, R16H, G29W, M56T,S72G, 46175 (0.9) 58464 (0.8) 613 (0.5) 88.3 (1.1) L98Q, Y105L G29W,M56T, S72G, L98Q, Y105L 55706 (1.1) 67962 (0.9) 534 (0.5) 88.6 (1.1)Wild-type 51269 (1.0) 73502 (1.0) 1160 (1.0) 80.5 (1.0)

Example 14 Assessment of PD-1/CD28 Colocalization Induced by Cis andTrans Multi-Domain Immunomodulatory Proteins

This Example describes studies to demonstrate the ability of exemplarymulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins to colocalize CD28 and PD-1 usingPathHunter® U2OS CD28/PD-1 cells (DiscoverX, USA).

U2OS CD28/PD-1 cells contain two inactive fragments of β-galactosidase(β-gal), an enzyme donor (ED) and enzyme acceptor (EA) attached to CD28and PD-1. Colocalization of CD28 and PD-1 drives complementation betweenED and EA protein fragments, creating an active β-gal enzyme thatcleaves a substrate to generate chemiluminescent signal.

For the assay, adherent U2OS CD28/PD-1 cells were harvested from theflask, washed and pelleted. Cells were suspended and plated at 20,000cells in 50 μl/well of a white, flat-bottomed 96 well plate. The cellswere allowed to adhere for 4 hours in a 37 degree Celsius, 5% CO2incubator. Exemplary multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins or controlproteins were titrated and added to the adherent cells in 50 μl/well fora final concentration of 10,000-0.01 pM. The plates were returned theincubator for 18 hours. PathHunter Flash Detection (DiscoverX, Catalog93-0247) was added at 55 μl/well and incubated for 1 hour in the dark.Relative luminescence values (RLU) were determined for each test sampleby measuring luminescence with a one second per well integration time.

As shown in FIGS. 19A and 19B, colocalization of CD28 and PD-1 wasobserved in the presence of the tested multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins.

Example 15 Assessment of Treg and FOXP3 Induction by Cis and TransMulti-Domain Immunomodulatory Proteins

This Example describes bioactivity of exemplary multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins in human primary T cells to promote thegeneration of induced regulatory T-cells (iTregs).

Artificial antigen presenting cells (APC) were generated throughlentiviral transduction of K562 cells to express cell surface anti-humanCD3 single chain Fv (OKT3) and human CD80. Primary human naïve CD4+ Tcells were isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and labeledwith 0.25 uM carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CFSE).

APCs were pulsed with 50 μg/ml mitomycin C for 30 minutes at 37 degreeCelsius. Cells were washed 3 times prior to use. 20,000 APCs and 50,000naïve CD4+ T cells were added to wells of a 96 well round-bottom platewith 2 ng/mL recombinant TGF-β1 and the multi-domain immunomodulatoryproteins or control proteins at a final concentration of 100, 33, or 11nM. Cultures were placed in a 37 degree Celsius, 5% CO2 incubator forone week.

iTreg generation was determined by flow cytometric analysis of thepercentage and total number of accumulated CD25⁺FoxP3⁺ cells after 7days. For staining, the cells were washed with 170 μL/well DPBS,pelleted and suspended in 100 μL/well Live Dead Near IR stain(Invitrogen, USA) diluted 1:500 in DPBS. Cells were pelleted and stainedwith 50 μL/well of 1 ug/mL anti-human CD4-BV711 (clone RPA-T4) andCD25-BV421 (clone BC96) (BioLegend, USA) diluted in FACS buffer (PBS0.5% BSA 0.5 mM EDTA 0.005% NaN3). After a 45 minute incubation, cellswere washed twice and fixed overnight at 4 degree Celsius with fixative.Cells were pelleted, fixative removed, and cells were permeabilized with150 μL/well True-Nuclear permeabilization buffer for 1 hour at 25 degreeCelsius. Cells were pelleted and suspended in 50 μL/well of 1 ug/mlFOXP3-AF647 (clone 206D) diluted in permeablization buffer for 1 hour.Cells were washed twice with permeabilization buffer and once with FACSbuffer. Cells were analyzed on a LSRII (Becton Dickinson, USA) flowcytometer and mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) determined using FlowJosoftware (FlowJo, USA, v10.2).

As shown in Table E17, the tested multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinswere observed to promote the generation of induced regulatory T-cells(iTregs)

TABLE E17 Regulatory T-cell Induction by Assayed Multi-domainImmunmodulatory Proteins CD25 Hi FoxP3 + Cell % CD25 Hi FoxP3 + NumberDescription/ 100 33 11 100 33 11 Format Treatment SEQ ID NO (nM) (nM)(nM) (nM) (nM) (nM) Trans PD-L1 303 − CTLA-4 3495 − Fc 3518 19.1 15.217.2 27318 17626 21256 PD-L1 303 − CTLA-4 3495 − Fc 3518 19.6 17.1 1625012 20994 18880 PD-L1 303 − CTLA-4 2655 − Fc 3521 30.3 22.8 19.5 5548235282 28146 PD-L1 303 − CTLA-4 2655 − Fc 3521 22.9 21.9 16.8 40094 3306022338 CTLA-4 3037 − PD-L1 303 − Fc 3522 8.51 29.5 37 1908 34446 79102PD-L1 303 − CTLA-4 3037 − Fc 3523 44.2 33.6 27.6 86908 63640 47410 PD-L1303 − CTLA-4 3037 − Fc 3523 31.8 22.6 21 53954 37048 31034 Cis Flag-HisPD-L1 303 − PD-L1 303 − 3500 4.28 9.95 20.2 498 1940 9534 ICOSL 2264 −ICOSL 2264 PD-L1 303 − ICOSL 2264 − 3501 23.2 17.3 21.5 22646 1171419352 PD-L1 303 PD-L1 303 − ICOSL 2264 − 3502 0.89 1.82 4.46 78 292 2354ICOSL 2264 − PD-L1 303 PD-L1 303 − COMP 3506 23.5 18.6 22.1 32546 2275629282 PD-L1 303 − ICOSL 2264 − 3507 21 17.9 18.5 29166 22636 24190 COMPPD-L1 303 − ICOSL 2264 3496 21.7 17.6 20.2 34496 22440 29074 Cis FcPD-L1 303 − ICOSL 2266 − Fc 3516 19.2 15.9 19.3 27668 20502 27070 PD-L1303 − ICOSL 2264 − Fc 3517 6.6 15.8 30 1298 12248 65504 PD-L1 303 −ICOSL 2266 − 3513 + 3514 24.9 18.1 20 29954 20586 26398 Fc + Fc PD-L1303 − ICOSL 2264 − 3515 + 3514 29.8 18.2 21 51758 24752 31466 Fc + FcPD-L1 303 − Fc + Fc 3533 + 3534 25.9 24.3 18 28366 28448 21654 PD-L21417 − Fc + Fc 3533 + 3512 26.8 20.7 20.8 32838 21640 27918 ReferenceVariant CTLA-4-Ig (belatacept) 2.83 2.58 2.34 332 378 386 CTLA-4 3037 −Fc 3529 25.6 31.2 18 45974 70008 35110 PD-L1 303 − Fc 3531 24.8 18.520.1 23404 17134 17020 ICOSL 2264 − Fc 2264 3.96 3.12 3.25 540 382 468Fc Control 1175 23.7 19.6 24.2 25288 22186 28474 Assay K562s alone 6 — —3 — — Controls Naïve CD4+ T Cells alone 0.022 — — 2 — — No Fc Ctrl 16.7— — 13236 — —

Example 16 Assessment of T Cell Activation by Cis and Trans Multi-DomainImmunomodulatory Proteins in Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B (SEB) Assay

This Example further describes bioactivity of exemplary multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins in human primary T cells.

The multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins were tested in aStaphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) assay. Peripheral blood mononuclearcells (PBMC) were labeled with 0.25 uM carboxyfluorescein succinimidylester. 200,000 PBMC/well were incubated with 50 ng/mL SEB and titratedmulti-domain immunomodulatory proteins or control proteins were added ata final concentration of 100,000-1 pM. Cultures were placed in a 37degree Celsius, 5% CO2 incubator for four days. Supernatants werecollected and the level of secreted IL-2 or IFN-gamma was quantitated byELISA analysis (BD Biosciences, USA).

As shown in FIG. 20 , the tested multi-domain immunomodulatory proteinsexhibited SEB inflammatory response including agonist and antagonistactivity.

In another experiment, additional exemplary multi-domainimmunomodulatory proteins described in Example 1 were assessed in theSEB assay. Exemplary results are shown in Table E18. As shown, a numberof the tested multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins exhibitedantagonistic activity in the SEB assay compared to Fc only control.

TABLE E18 SEB Assay SEQ 100 nM Description ID NO IFN-gamma (pg/mL)CTLA-4 3037 − PD-L1 303 − Fc 3666 2048 PD-L1 303 − CTLA-4 3037 − Fc 36686104 CTLA-4 3037 − Fc-PD-L1 303 3670 1573 CTLA4 3037 − Fc-PD-L1 303 36722069 CTLA-4 3060 − PD-L1 303 − Fc 3674 3788 PD-L1 303 − CTLA4 3060 − Fc3676 4467 PD-L1 303 − 3xG4S − ICOSL 2264 − G4S ZZ12.6 FLAG 3678 6340His6 CD58 3650 − PD-L1 303 − Fc 3680 5445 PD-L1 303 − CD58 3650 − Fc3682 9820 PD-L1 303 − PD-L1 303 − CD58 3650 − CD58 3650 3684 8619 CD583650 − CD58 3650 − PD-L1 303 − PD-L1 303 3686 6028 CD58 3650 − PD-L1 303− PD-L1 303 − CD58 3650 3688 16151 CD155 665 − CD58 3650 − Fc 3660 5846CD58 3650 − CD155 665 − Fc 3662 6486 CTLA-4 3060 − CD 155 665 − Fc 36521904 CD 155 665 − CTLA-4 3037 − Fc 3654 4310 PD-L1 303 − CD155 665 −CTLA-4 3037 − Fc 3664 2643 CD 155 665 − ICOSL 2264 − ICOSL 2264 − CD 155665 3658 2118 PD-L1 303 − CD155 665 − CTLA-4 3037 − Fc 3664 7347 CD 155665 G4S FLAGHis CD 155 IgV 10256 (665) Flag (2010) His (2011) ICOSL 2264IgV − Fc ICOSL IgV 1969 (2264) Fc (1715) CTLA4 3037 − Fc CTLA-4 807 ECD(3037) Fc (1715) Belatacept 1922 CD58 (WT) 3650 − Fc CD58 WT 9660 IgV(3650) Fc (1715) Fc control 1715 10805

Example 17 Assessment of Bioactivity of Multi-Domain ImmunomodulatoryProteins Containing Activating and Inhibitory Components Using ReporterCells

This Example describes a Jurkat/IL2, Jurkat/IL2/PD-1, andJurkat/IL2/TIGIT reporter assay to assess inhibitory activity ofexemplary multi-domain immunomodulatory proteins generated and describedin Example 1. Jurkat reporter cells expressing an IL-2-luciferasereporter (Jurkat/IL2) or the reporter cells that also were transduced tostably express PD1 (Jurkat/IL2/PD1), or or TIGIT (Jurkat/IL2/TIGIT) wereadded to a microwell plate at a total of 100,000 cells per well. To eachwell, exemplary multi-domain proteins were added to the wells at 100,000pM to 32 pM, 1:5 serial dilution of protein to cell and incubated for 15minutes at room temperature. Approximately 20,000 K562/OKT3/CD80 aAPCdescribed in Example 3 were added to the wells. Plate was spun for 10seconds at 1200 rpm and then incubated for 5 hours at 37 degrees Celsiusin a humidified 5% CO₂ incubation chamber. Luminescence was measured asdescribed in Example 3.

Results for exemplary PD-L1-CTLA-4 and PD-L1-ICOSL multidomainimmunomodulatory proteins are shown in FIGS. 21A-E using the Jurkat/IL2and Jurkat/IL2/PD1 assays. Results for exemplary CD58-PD-L1 andCD58-ICOSL multidomain immunomodulatory proteins are shown in FIGS.22A-E using the Jurkat/IL2 and Jurkat/IL2/PD1 assays. Results forexemplary CD155-CTLA-4, CD155-CD58 and CD155-ICOSL multidomainimmunomodulatory proteins are shown in FIGS. 23A-E using the Jurkat/IL-2and Jurkat/IL2/TIGIT assays. The raw luminescence units (RLU) for testedimmunomodulatory proteins are shown in FIGS. 21A and C, FIGS. 22A and Cand FIGS. 23A and C for the Jurkat/IL2/PD-1 or TIGIT reporter cells orJurkat/IL-2 cells, respectively. The percent inhibition was measured asthe luminescence of the control−luminescence of cells incubated withexemplary protein/luminescence of control×100, and is shown in FIGS. 21Band D, FIGS. 22B and D and FIGS. 23B and D for the Jurkat/IL2/PD-1 orTIGIT reporter cells or Jurkat/IL-2 cells, respectively.

Adjusted inhibition was determined to assess if differential inhibitionwas observed in the Jurkat/IL2/PD-1 or TIGIT reporter cells versusJurkat/IL-2 cells as a measure of contribution of the inhibitorystructure and ligand. Adjusted inhibition was calculated as the percentof inhibition with an exemplary protein−percent inhibition without anexemplary protein. More specifically, PD-L1=(% InhibitionJurkat/IL-2/PD-1)−(% Inhibition Jurkat/IL-2) and CD155=(% InhibitionJurkat/IL-2/TIGIT)−(% Inhibition Jurkat/IL-2). Results for adjustedinhibition for exemplary assessed multidomain proteins and controls areshown in FIGS. 21E, 22E and 23E. As shown, an increased percentinhibition was observed for tested immunomodulatory proteins in thisassay.

The present invention is not intended to be limited in scope to theparticular disclosed embodiments, which are provided, for example, toillustrate various aspects of the invention. Various modifications tothe compositions and methods described will become apparent from thedescription and teachings herein. Such variations may be practicedwithout departing from the true scope and spirit of the disclosure andare intended to fall within the scope of the present disclosure.

1-5. (canceled)
 6. An immunomodulatory protein comprising: (1) at leastone inhibitory receptor binding molecule (IRBM) that binds to aninhibitory receptor; and (2) at least one activating receptor bindingmolecule (ARBM) that binds to a ligand of an activating receptor,wherein: the inhibitory receptor and the activating receptor areexpressed on the same immune cell; and the IRBM and ARBM are differentpolypeptides in which (a) one of the at least one of the IRBM or ARBM isa not an antibody or an antigen-binding antibody fragment; and/or (b)the at least one of the IRBM or the at least one of the ARBM comprises anon-antibody immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) domain.
 7. Theimmunomodulatory protein of claim 6, wherein the immune cell is a Tcell. 8-9. (canceled)
 10. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 6,wherein the activating receptor is CD28.
 11. (canceled)
 12. Animmunomodulatory protein comprising: (1) at least one inhibitoryreceptor binding molecule (IRBM) that binds to an inhibitory receptor,wherein the inhibitory receptor is PD-1; and (2) at least one activatingreceptor binding molecule (ARBM) that binds to a ligand of theactivating receptor, wherein the IRBM and ARBM are differentpolypeptides. 13-15. (canceled)
 16. The immunomodulatory protein ofclaim 12, wherein the activating receptor is CD28.
 17. (canceled)
 18. Animmunomodulatory protein comprising: (1) at least one inhibitoryreceptor binding molecule (IRBM) that binds to an inhibitory receptor;and (2) at least one activating receptor binding molecule (ARBM) thatbinds to a ligand of the activating receptor, wherein the activatingreceptor is CD28, wherein the IRBM and ARBM are different polypeptides.19-24. (canceled)
 25. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 6, wherein:the at least one of the IRBM or the at least one of the ARBM comprises anon-antibody immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) domain; or the at leastone of the IRBM and the at least one of the ARBM each individuallycomprise at least one non-antibody IgSF domain.
 26. (canceled)
 27. Theimmunomodulatory protein of claim 6, wherein the ligand of theactivating receptor is CD80 or CD86.
 28. (canceled)
 29. Theimmunomodulatory protein of claim 27, wherein the ARBM comprises atleast one IgSF domain of a binding partner of the ligand of theactivating receptor, wherein the binding partner is a wild-type CTLA-4or is a variant thereof that binds to CD80 or CD86. 30-32. (canceled)33. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 29, wherein the ARBM comprises(i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 36, 2655 or2947, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85% sequenceidentity to SEQ ID NO: 36, 2655 or 2947; or (iii) a specific bindingfragment of (i) or (ii) comprising an IgV domain.
 34. Theimmunomodulatory protein of claim 29, wherein the binding partner is avariant of CTLA-4 and the variant exhibits increased binding to CD80 orCD86 compared to the binding of unmodified or wild-type CTLA-4 to CD80or CD86. 35-47. (canceled)
 48. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 6,wherein the inhibitory receptor comprises an immunoreceptortyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM).
 49. The immunomodulatory proteinof claim 6, wherein the inhibitory receptor is PD-1, TIGIT or CTLA-4.50. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 6 wherein the IRBM is anantibody that specifically binds to the inhibitory receptor or is anantigen-binding antibody fragment.
 51. The immunomodulatory protein ofclaim 6 wherein the IRBM comprises at least one IgSF domain of a bindingpartner of the inhibitory receptor. 52-54. (canceled)
 55. Theimmunomodulatory protein of claim 51 wherein the inhibitory receptor isTIGIT and the binding partner of the inhibitory receptor is selectedfrom a wild-type CD112 or CD155 or is a variant thereof that binds tothe inhibitory receptor.
 56. (canceled)
 57. The immunomodulatory proteinof claim 51, wherein the inhibitory receptor is PD-1 and the bindingpartner of the inhibitory receptor is selected from a wild-type PD-L1 orPD-L2 or is a variant thereof that binds to the inhibitory receptor.58-64. (canceled)
 65. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 57, wherein:(a) the binding partner of the inhibitory receptor is a PD-L1polypeptide or a variant thereof and the IRBM comprises (i) the sequenceof amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30, 55, 309 or 1728, (ii) asequence of amino acids that has at least 85% sequence identity to SEQID NO: 30, 55, 309 or 1728; or (iii) a specific binding fragment of (i)or (ii) comprising an IgV domain; or (b) the binding partner of theinhibitory receptor is a PD-L2 polypeptide or a variant thereof and theIRBM comprises (i) the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO:31, 1203 or 1263, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has at least 85%sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 31, 1203 or 1263; or (iii) a specificbinding fragment of (i) or (ii) comprising an IgV domain.
 66. (canceled)67. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 55, wherein: (a) the bindingpartner of the inhibitory receptor is a CD155 polypeptide or a variantthereof and the IRBM comprises (i) the sequence of amino acids set forthin SEQ ID NO: 47, 310 or 353, (ii) a sequence of amino acids that has atleast 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 47, 310 or 353; or (iii) aspecific binding fragment of (i) or (ii) comprising an IgV domain; or(b) the binding partner of the inhibitory receptor is a CD112polypeptide or a variant thereof and the IRBM comprises (i) the sequenceof amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 48, 666 or 761, (ii) a sequenceof amino acids that has at least 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 48,666 or 761; or (iii) a specific binding fragment of (i) or (ii)comprising an IgV domain.
 68. (canceled)
 69. The immunomodulatoryprotein of claim 55, wherein the binding partner is a variant and thevariant exhibits increased binding to the inhibitory receptor comparedto the binding of unmodified or wild-type binding partner to the sameinhibitory receptor. 70-90. (canceled)
 91. The immunomodulatory proteinof claim 6, wherein the ARBM binds to a ligand of an activating receptorthat is CD80 or CD86 and the IRBM binds to an inhibitory receptor thatis PD-1. 92-98. (canceled)
 99. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 29,wherein the variant CTLA-4 comprises one or more amino acidmodifications selected from A6T, V10A, L12F, L12H, L12P, S14N, S15P,R16C, R16G, R16H, I18A, I18F, I18N, I18T, I18V, A19V, S20N, V22A, V22I,E24Q, A26D, A26S, A26T, S27P, P28L, G29R, G29W, K30R, A31Y, E33M, E33V,R35K, T37S, V38I, Q41L, A42S, A42T, A42V, D43N, Q45H, V46E, T47A, E48R,T53S, Y54F, M55R, M55T, M55V, M56K, M56L, M56R, M56T, M56V, N58D, N58S,E59D, E59G, T61A, T61I, T61N, T61R, T61S, L63H, L63P, D64E, D64N, D64V,D65G, I67N, I67T, I67V, T69A, T69I, T69S, T71A, T71I, S72G, S72T, S73R,N75D, Q76R, Q82H, Q82R, R85G, A86T, M87A, M87K, M87T, M87V, T89A, T89M,T89S, L91R, I93L, I93V, K95R, V96I, E97Q, L98Q, L98R, M99I, M99L, Y105F,Y105L, L106E, L106I, L106R, I108F, 1108V, N110K, N110S, N110Y, Y115N,V116A, I117E, I117L, I117M, I117T, I18T, or I18V, or a conservativeamino acid substitution thereof, with reference to numbering set forthin SEQ ID NO: 36 or
 2655. 100. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 99,wherein the variant CTLA-4 comprises the amino acid modification(s)A31Y/L106E, A6T/A26T/M55T/M99L/Y105L,V10A/G29W/T53S/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/P121S,V10A/L63P/D64V/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, V10A/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,L12F/R16H/G29W/M56T/L98Q/Y105L, L12F/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106R,L12F/K30R/S72G/Q82R/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L12H/I18V/A42T/M55T/N58D/L98R/Y105L/L106I/P121S, L12H/E33M/L98Q/Y105L,L12H/M55T/E59D/L63P/M99L, L12H/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,L12I/M55T/M56V/I67T/M99L/L106R/I108F,L12P/R16H/A26T/T61S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/I117L,L12P/I18T/A26T/M55T/T69S/S72G/M99L/Y105L, L12P/A26T, L12P/A26T/L63P,L12P/A26T/L63P/S72G/T89M/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L12P/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, L12P/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I,L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,L12P/A26T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I,L12P/G29W/D43N/N58S/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L12P/M56V/L63P/V96I/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/Y115H,L12P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L12P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106N,L12P/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106N/I117L,S14N/R16C/I18T/M56K/T61A/L63P/A86T/M99L, S15P/I18V/M56T/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,R16C/G29W/E33V/M55T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, I18A/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,I18F/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/P121S, 8N/A26T/L63H/T89A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,I18N/L63P/S72T/M87T/L98Q/Y105L/N110S,I18T/A26S/M55T/M56V/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117K,I18T/A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, I18T/A26T/L63P/Q82R/L98Q/Y105L,I18T/G29R/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, I18T/G29W/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,I18T/E48R/L63P/T69S/L98Q/Y105L/N110Y,I18T/T61R/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,I18T/L63P/S72G/M87K/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, I18T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,I18T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I108V,I18V/A26T/L63P/D64E/L98Q/Y105L/L106R/N110K,I18V/G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, A19V/G29W/R35K/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,S20N/A26T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, V22A/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/P119H,V22I/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/I117M, E24Q/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,A26D/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/A42V/Q45H/I67N/M87K/E97Q/M99L,A26T/V46E/L63P/D65G/L98Q, A26T/T47A/M56K/L63P/S72G/Q82R/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,A26T/T53S/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, A26T/T53S/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L,A26T/Y54F/M56K/M99L/Y105L, A26T/M55R/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,A26T/M55T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/M55T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,A26T/L63P/D65G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/L63P/M87V/N110K/I117E,A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L,A26T/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, A26T/167N/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,S27P/M56K/L63P/S72G/S73R/T89A/M99L/Y105L/I117M,P28L/E33V/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,P28L/E33V/L63P/S72G/L98R/M99L/Y105L,G29W/T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L/I108V,G29W/T53S/M56K/N58S/L63P/M87V/L98Q/Y105L/P121S,G29W/T53S/M56K/T61N/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/T53S/M56K/L63P/Q82H/L98Q/M99I/Y105L,G29W/T53S/M56K/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/T53S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/M55V/E59G/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/M56T/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L,G29W/N58D/167V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/N58S/L63P/D64N/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,G29W/N58S/L63P/T69I/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I,G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106V,G29W/N58S/L63P/S72G/M87V/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/N58S/L63P/Q82R/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/N58S/L63P/M87T/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/N58S/L63P/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/E59G/L63P/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/T61I/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,G29W/L63P/D65G/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, G29W/L63P/167V/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I, G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L,G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I117L, G29W/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/P121S,G29W/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/S72G/Q76R/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/Q113H,G29W/M87K/T89S/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I108V/I117L,G29W/N187K/I93V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, G29W/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,E33M/A42T/L98Q/Y105L, E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L,E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I108F, E33M/L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/I117L,E33M/Q82H/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, E33V/A42S/M55T/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,T37S/M56V/L98Q/Y105L, V38I/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,Q41L/Y54F/M56K/M99L/I108F, T53S/M56V/L98Q/Y105L,M55T/L63P/T71I/M99L/Y105L, M55T/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,M55T/E97Q/M99L/Y105F, M56K/L63P/N75D/V96I/M99L/Y105L/L106I,M56L/L63P/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L, M56R/L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,M56T/L91R/L98Q/Y105L,M56V/E59G/L63P/S72G/M87K/I93V/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117E,T61A/L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L63P/T69A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106R/V116A,L63P/S72G/M87A/L98Q/Y105L, L63P/S72G/193L/L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L63P/S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/I117L,L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L, L63P/S72G/L98Q/Y105L/L106I/I117L, L63P/S72G/Y105L,L63P/M87K/M99L/L106R, L63P/Q82H/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L63P/K95R, L63P/L98Q,L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I,L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I108V, L63P/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117M, L63P/L98Q/Y105L,L63P/L98Q/V116A, L63P/L98R/N110K, L63P/M99L/Y105L/I108F,167V/S72G/Q82H/T89A/L98Q/M99L/Y105L, S72G/R85G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I,S72G/L98Q/M99L/Y105L/I117T, L98Q/M99L/Y105L,L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/I117T, L98Q/M99L/Y105L/L106I/Y115N, L98Q/Y105L,and L98R/N110K, with reference to numbering set forth in SEQ ID NO:36 or2655.
 101. (canceled)
 102. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 29,wherein the ARBM comprises the sequence of amino acids set forth in anyof 2519, 2520, 2948-3041, 3043-3048, 3050-3099, 3230, 3231, 3582-3614,or 3648, or a specific binding fragment thereof. 103-109. (canceled)110. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 57, wherein the variant PD-L1comprises one or more amino acid modifications selected from P6S, Y10F,V11A, V11E, Y14S, G15A, S16G, N17D, M18I, M18T, M18V, T19A, T19I, I20L,C22R, K23E, K23N, K23R, E26A, E27D, E27G, K28E, K28I, K28N, K28R, A33D,L35P, I36S, I36T, E40G, M41K, M41V, D43G, D43V, K44E, N45D, N45I, N45T,I46V, I47T, F49S, V50A, H51N, H51R, H51Y, G52R, G52V, E53G, E53V, E54G,D55G, D55N, D55S, D55V, L56Q, K57E, K57R, V58A, V58D, H60R, R64S, Q65L,R68L, K71E, D72G, Q73R, L74P, S75P, N78I, N78S, A79T, I83T, D85E, Q89R,D90G, V93E, M97I, M97K, M97L, I98L, I98T, I98V, 599G, G101D, G101G-ins(G101GG), G102D, A103V, D104G, K106E, K106R, V110M, K111E, K111T, V112A,N113Y, N117S, I119T, N120S, Q121L, L124S, V129A, V129D, T130A, S131F,E134G, C137R, Q138R, K144E, K144Q, I148V, W149R, T150A, Q155H, S158G,K160M, T163I, K163N, N165Y, K167R, K167T, E170G, K171R, F173I, F173L,K173Y, V175A, S177C, L179P, R180S, T183A, T183I, T185A, I188V, F189L,F189S, T192S, F193S, R194G, R194W, R195G, R195S, R195T, L196S, D197G,P198S, P198T, E199G, E200K, E200N, N201D, N201Y, H202Q, T203A, A204T,L206F, V207A, L213P, or T221L or a conservative amino acid substitutionthereof, with reference to numbering set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30, 309 or1728.
 111. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 110, wherein thevariant PD-L1 polypeptide comprises the amino acid modification(s)K28N/M41V/N45T/H51N/K57E, I20L/I36T/N45D/147T, I20L/M41K/K44E,P6S/N45T/N78I/I83T, N78I, M41K/N78I, N45T/N78I, I20L/N45T, N45T, M41K,I20L/I36T/N45D, N17D/N45T/V50A/D72G, I20L/F49S, N45T/V50A,I20L/N45T/N78I, I20L/N45T/V50A, M41V/N45T, M41K/N45T, A33D/S75P/D85E,M18I/M41K/D43G/H51R/N78I, V11E/I20L/I36T/N45D/H60R/S75P, A33D/V50A,S16G/A33D/K71E/S75P, E27G/N45T/M97I, E27G/N45T/K57R, A33D/E53V,D43G/N45D/V58A, E40G/D43V/N45T/V50A, Y14S/K28E/N45T A33D/N78S,A33D/N78I, A33D/N45T, A33D/N45T/N78I, E27G/N45T/V50A, N45T/V50A/N78S,I20L/N45T/V110M, I20L/I36T/N45T/V50A, N45T/L74P/S75P, N45T/S75P,S75P/K106R, S75P, A33D/S75P, A33D/S75P/D104G, A33D/S75P,I20L/E27G/N45T/V50A, I20L/E27G/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I,I20L/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I, I20L/A33D/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I,I20L/D43G/N45D/N78I, E27G/N45T/V50A/N78I, N45T/V50A/N78I,V11A/I20L/E27G/D43G/N45D/H51Y/S99G, I20L/E27G/D43G/N45T/V50A,I20L/K28E/D43G/N45D/V58A/Q89R, I20L/I36T/N45D,I20L/K28E/D43G/N45D/E53G/V58A/N78I, A33D/D43G/N45D/V58A/S75P,K23R/D43G/N45D, I20L/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I/D90G/G101D,D43G/N45D/L56Q/V58A/G101GG, I20L/K23E/D43G/N45D/V58A/N78I,I20L/K23E/D43G/N45D/V50A/N78I, T19I/E27G/N45I/V50A/N78I/M97K,I20L/M41K/D43G/N45D, K23R/N45T/N78I,I20L/K28E/D43G/N45D/V58A/Q89R/G101G-ins (G101GG), K57R/S99G,K57R/S99G/F189L, M18V/M97L/F193S/R195G/E200K/H202Q,I36S/M41K/M97L/K144Q/R195G/E200K/H202Q/L206F,C22R/Q65L/L124S/K144Q/R195G/E200N/H202Q/T221L,M18V/198L/L124S/P198T/L206F, S99G/N117S/I148V/K171R/R180S,I36T/M97L/A103V/Q155H, K28I/S99G, R195S,A79T/S99G/T185A/R195G/E200K/H202Q/L206F, K57R/S99G/L124S/K144Q,K57R/S99G/R195G, D55V/M97L/S99G, E27G/I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E,E54G/M97L/S99G, G15A/I36T/M97L/K111E/H202Q, G15A/I36T/V129D,G15A/I36T/V129D/R195G, G15A/V129D, I36S/M97L,I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E/A204T, I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E/V129A/F173L,I36T/D55S/M97L/K111E/I148V/R180S,I36T/G52R/M97L/V112A/K144E/V175A/P198T,I36T/I46V/D55G/M97L/K106E/K144E/T185A/R195G, I36T/I83T/M97L/K144E/P198T,I36T/M97L/K111E, I36T/M97L/K144E/P198T, I36T/M97L/Q155H/F193S/N201Y,I36T/M97L/V129D, L35P/I36S/M97L/K111E,M18I/I36T/E53G/M97L/K144E/E199G/V207A, M18T/I36T/D55N/M97L/K111E,M18V/M97L/T176N/R195G, M97L/S99G, N17D/M97L/S99G,S99G/T185A/R195G/P198T, V129D/H202Q, V129D/P198T, V129D/T150A,V93E/V129D, Y10F/M18V/S99G/Q138R/T203A, N45D, K160M/R195G, N45D/K144E,N45D/P198S, N45D/P198T, N45D/R195G, N45D/R195S, N45D/S131F, N45D/V58D,V129D/R195S, I98T/F173Y/L196S, N45D/E134G/L213P, N45D/F173I/S177C,N45D/I148V/R195G, N45D/K111T/R195G, N45D/N113Y/R195S, N45D/N165Y/E170G,N45D/Q89R/I98V, N45D/S131F/P198S, N45D/S75P/P198S, N45D/V50A/R195T,E27D/N45D/T183A/I188V, F173Y/T183I/L196S/T203A, K23N/N45D/S75P/N120S,N45D/G102D/R194W/R195G, N45D/G52V/Q121L/P198S, N45D/I148V/R195G/N201D,N45D/K111T/T183A/I188V, N45D/Q89R/F189S/P198S, N45D/S99G/C137R/V207A,N45D/T163I/K167R/R195G, N45D/T183A/T192S/R194G, N45D/V50A/I119T/K144E,T19A/N45D/K144E/R195G, V11E/N45D/T130A/P198T, V26A/N45D/T163I/T185A,K23N/N45D/L124S/K167T/R195G, K23N/N45D/Q73R/T163I,K28E/N45D/W149R/S158G/P198T, K28R/N45D/K57E/I98V/R195S,K28R/N45D/V129D/T163N/R195T, M41K/D43G/N45D/R64S/R195G,M41K/D43G/N45D/R64S/S99G, N45D/R68L/F173L/D197G/P198S,N45D/V50A/I148V/R195G/N201D, M41K/D43G/K44E/N45D/R195G/N201D, orN45D/V50A/L124S/K144E/L179P/R195G, with reference to numbering set forthin SEQ ID NO: 30, 309 or
 1728. 112. (canceled)
 113. The immunomodulatoryprotein of claim 57, wherein the IRBM comprises the sequence of aminoacids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 56-185, 244-308, 1725-1727,1729-1937, 1943-2008, or a specific binding fragment thereof. 114-115.(canceled)
 116. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 57, wherein thevariant PD-L2 comprises one or more amino acid modifications selectedfrom F2L, I12V, I13V, H15Q, N18D, T20A, N24S, C23S, G28V, N24D, V31A,V31M, N32D, L33P, L33H, L33F, I36V, T37A, S48C, S39I, E44D, N45S, D46E,T47A, E58G, E59G, K65R, S67L, H69L, P71S, Q72H, V73A, Q74R, R76G, D77N,Q82R, I85F, I86T, V89D, or W91R, with reference to numbering set forthin SEQ ID NO:31 and
 1263. 117. The immunomodulatory protein of claim116, wherein the variant PD-L2 comprises the amino acid modification(s)H15Q, N24D, E44D, V89D, Q82R/V89D, E59G/Q82R, S39I/V89D, S67L/V89D,S67L/I85F, S67L/I86T, H15Q/K65R, H15Q/Q72H/V89D, H15Q/S67L/R76G,H15Q/R76G/185F, H15Q/T47A/Q82R, H15Q/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/C23S/I86T,H15Q/S39I/I86T, E44D/V89D/W91R, I13V/S67L/V89D, H15Q/S67L/I86T,I13V/H15Q/S67L/I86T, I13V/H15Q/E44D/V89D, I13V/S39I/E44D/Q82R/V89D,I13V/E44D/Q82R/V89D, I13V/Q72H/R76G/I86T, I13V/H15Q/R76G/185F,H15Q/S39I/R76G/V89D, H15Q/S67L/R76G/185F, H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G/I86T,H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G, I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G, H15Q/E44D/R76G/185F,H15Q/S39I/S67L/V89D, H15Q/N32D/S67L/V89D, N32D/S67L/V89D,H15Q/S67L/Q72H/R76G/V89D, H15Q/Q72H/Q74R/R76G/I86T, G28V/Q72H/R76G/I86T,I13V/H15Q/S39I/E44D/S67L, E44D/S67L/Q72H/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/V89D,H15Q/T47A, I13V/H15Q/Q82R, I13V/H15Q/V89D, I13V/S67L/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/V31M/S67L/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q82R,I13V/H15Q/V31A/N45S/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/T47A/H69L/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/T47A/H69L/R76G/V89D, I12V/I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/R76G/D77N/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/T47A/R76G/V89D,I13V/H15Q/T47A/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/N24D/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/I36V/T47A/S67L/V89D, H15Q/T47A/K65R/S67L/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/L33P/T47A/S67L/P71S/V89D, I13V/H15Q/Q72H/R76 G/I86T,H15Q/T47A/S67L/Q82R/V89D, F2L/H15Q/D46E/T47A/Q72H/R76G/Q82R/V89D,I13V/H15Q/L33F/T47A/Q82R/V89D, I13V/H15Q/T47A/E58G/S67L/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/N24S/T47A/Q72H/R76G/V89D, I13V/H15Q/E44V/T47A/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/N18D/T47A/Q72H/V73A/R76G/I86T/V89D,I13V/H15Q/T37A/E44D/S48C/S67L/Q82R/V89D, H15Q/L33H/S67L/R76G/Q82R/V89D,113V/H15Q/T47A/Q72H/R76G/I86T, H15Q/S39I/E44D/Q72H/V75G/R76G/Q82R/V89D,H15Q/T47A/S67L/R76G/Q82R/V89D, orI13V/H15Q/T47A/S67L/Q72H/R76G/Q82R/V89D, with reference to numbering setforth in SEQ ID NO:31 and
 1263. 118. (canceled)
 119. Theimmunomodulatory protein of claim 57, wherein the IRBM comprises thesequence of amino acids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 1204-1280,1283-1331, 1309-1432, or a specific binding fragment thereof. 120-138.(canceled)
 139. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 6, wherein the atleast one IRBM and the at least one ARBM are linked directly orindirectly via a linker.
 140. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 139,wherein the linker is a peptide linker, wherein the peptide linker isselected from GSGGS (SEQ ID NO: 2523), GGGGS (G45; SEQ ID NO: 1942),GSGGGGS (SEQ ID NO: 1941), GGGGSGGGGS (2×GGGGS; SEQ ID NO: 240),GGGGSGGGGSGGGGS (3×GGGGS; SEQ ID NO: 239), GGGGSSA (SEQ ID NO: 2524) orcombinations thereof. 141-147. (canceled)
 148. The immunomodulatoryprotein of claim 6, wherein the immunomodulatory protein is a dimercomprising a multimerization domain linked to the at least one IRBMand/or the at least one ARBM.
 149. The immunomodulatory protein of claim148, wherein the multimerization domain is an Fc domain.
 150. Theimmunomodulatory protein of claim 149, wherein the immunomodulatoryprotein is a homodimer.
 151. The immunomodulatory protein of claim 6,wherein the immunomodulatory protein comprises the sequence of aminoacids set forth in any of SEQ ID NOS: 2529, 2530, 2531, 2533, 2535,2537, 2539, 2541, 2543, 3516, 3517, 3518, 3519, 3520, 3521, 3522, 3523,3524, 3652, 3654, 3660, 3662, 3664, 3666, 3668, 3670, 3672, 3674, 3676,3680, or 3682 or a sequence that exhibits at least 85% sequence identityto any one of SEQ ID NOS: 2529, 2530, 2531, 2533, 2535, 2537, 2539,2541, 2543, 3516, 3517, 3518, 3519, 3520, 3521, 3522, 3523, 3524, 3652,3654, 3660, 3662, 3664, 3666, 3668, 3670, 3672, 3674, 3676, 3680, or3682 and retains the same activity.
 152. The immunomodulatory protein ofclaim 149, wherein the immunomodulatory protein is a heterodimer. 153.The immunomodulatory protein of claim 152, wherein the Fc domainscomprise a knob-into-hole modification or comprise a charge mutation toreduce or prevent self-association due to charge repulsion. 154-165.(canceled)
 166. A nucleic acid molecule(s), encoding theimmunomodulatory protein of claim
 6. 167-168. (canceled)
 169. A vector,comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim
 166. 170-171. (canceled)172. A cell, comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim 166 or avector comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim
 166. 173-174.(canceled)
 175. A method of producing an immunomodulatory protein,comprising introducing the nucleic acid molecule of claim 166 or avector comprising the nucleic acid molecule of claim 166 into a hostcell under conditions to express the protein in the cell. 176.(canceled)
 177. A method of engineering a cell expressing animmunomodulatory protein, comprising introducing a nucleic acid moleculeencoding a polypeptide or polypeptides of the immunomodulatory proteinof claim 6 into a host cell under conditions in which the polypeptide isexpressed in the cell.
 178. An engineered cell, expressing theimmunomodulatory protein of claim 6 or a nucleic acid molecule encodingthe immunomodulatory protein of claim
 6. 179-190. (canceled)
 191. Aninfectious agent, comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding animmunomodulatory protein of claim
 6. 192. (canceled)
 193. Apharmaceutical composition, comprising the immunomodulatory protein ofclaim
 6. 194-201. (canceled)
 202. A method of modulating an immuneresponse in a subject, comprising administering the immunomodulatoryprotein of claim 6 or a pharmaceutical composition comprising theimmunomodulatory protein of claim 6 to the subject. 203-205. (canceled)206. A method of treating a disease or condition in a subject,comprising administering the immunomodulatory protein of claim 6 or apharmaceutical composition comprising the immunomodulatory protein ofclaim
 6. 207-208. (canceled)